Oligoarticular vs. Polyarticular Arthritis

6 years ago

As its name suggests, Monoarticular involves one joint. Oligoarticular is defined as involving greater than one joint but less than…

Uncomplicated Vs. Complicated Staph Aureus Bacteremia

6 years ago

Uncomplicated Staph Aureus Bacteremia  No evidence of endocarditis No prosthetic device No evidence of metastatic infection Defervescence after 72 hours…

Susceptibility to Vancomycin: E. faecium & E. faecalis

6 years ago

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) first appeared in Europe during the 1980s. It rapidly spread to North America by the 1990s.  Susceptibility:…

Consolidation vs. Ground Glass Opacities

6 years ago

Ground glass opacities are hazy increases in lung opacity without obscuration of the underlying parenchymal vessels. Whereas, Consolidation is an…

COPD and Hypoxic Drive: Mechanism

6 years ago

It is common dogma on the wards that oxygen therapy for chronic CO2 retainers should be targeted between 88-92% during…

Septic Shock: Mechanism and Signaling

6 years ago

Shock is defined as a state where the organs and tissues of the body are not receiving adequate blood perfusion…

Refeeding Syndrome: Mechanism

6 years ago

Refeeding Syndrome is  a set of clinical complications that typically occur in severely malnourished patients as a result of aggressive…

Frank-Starling Mechanism: Physiology

7 years ago

The Frank-Starling mechanism is a relationship characterizing stroke volume with pre-load. Stroke volume is dependent on the following: Pre-load: changes…

Non-MI Causes of ST Elevation

7 years ago

The ST segment on an ECG represents the interval between ventricular depolarization and ventricular repolarization. Image taken from Wikipedia When…

Causes of QT Prolongation

7 years ago

QT interval is the length between the beginning of the QRS complex (ventricular depolarization) and end of the T wave…

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