Dissociative disorder are disruptions of breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity, or perception. Patients use dissociation, a defense mechanism, pathologically and involuntarily. Dissociation range from mild detachment from immediate surroundings, to...

Eclampsia (from Greek "eclampsia" meaning "lightning") is the onset of seizures in a woman with pre-eclampsia (i.e. HTN+proteinuria, or other organ dysfunction). Onset may be before, during, or after delivery. Most...

Respiratory disease are conditions affecting the organs/tissues that make gas exchange possible. Pathophysiology Include conditions of the: Upper respiratory tract Trachea Bronchi Bronchioles Alveoli Pleura Pleural cavity Nerves and muscles of breathing Classification Based on organ or tissue involved By type and pattern...

Conjunctivitis (aka pink eye) is inflammation of the conjunctiva (i.e. outermost layer of the eye, and the inner surface of the eyelids). Sx Can affect 1 or both eyes Eye redness Discharge (fluid coming...

Gravidity and parity (G/P/A) are terms relating to pregnancy. Definition It is the number of times a female has: Gravidity means having been pregnant, regardless of whether it has been brought to viability (yet alone...

Developmental delay (aka delayed milestone) is where a child doesn't reach 1 of the milestone stages at the expected age, which can be in one of the 4 developmental domains: However, a wide...

XXYY syndrome is a sex chromosome anomaly in which males have an extra X and Y chromosome. Pathophysiology Human cells usually contain 2 chromosomes, 1 from the mother and 1 from the...

Abdominal distension is when substances (e.g. air/gas or fluid), accumulate in the abdomen causing its outward expansion beyond the normal girth of the stomach and waist. It is often described...

[Dental or tooth] extraction (aka exodontia, exodontics, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus/socket in the alveolar bone Indications Unrestorable through tooth decay, periodontal disease, or dental trauma,...

Body dysmorphic disorder (aka body dysmorphia, dysmorphic syndrome, originally dysmorphophobia) is a mental disorder involving an obsessive preoccupation that some aspect of a Pt's own appearance is severely flawed and...