Kidney function tests are tests which help check the kidneys are working properly. Physiology Kidney is a bean shaped organs located at the rear of the abdominal cavity (retroperitoneum). It receives blood...

Pneumothorax (PTx) is an abnormal collection of air/gas in the pleural space (separating lung from the chest wall), that causes an uncoupling of the lung from the chest wall, thus interfering...

Health care is the Dx, Tx, and prevention of disease (also illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments). Classification Primary care, who act as first point of consultation for all Pt's...

Osler's nodes are painful, red, raised lesions found on the hands and legs, associated with infective endocarditis. Pathophysiology Caused by deposition of immune complexes, resulting in swelling, redness, and pain. [img]oslers-node-vs-janeway-lesion.gif[/img] Source: Stanford University

Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) are illnesses caused by an acute infection, which involves the upper respiratory tract (nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx). [faq]So URTI is an infection of the upper respiratory...

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...

Adrenal tumor (aka adrenal mass) is any benign or malignant neoplasm of the adrenal gland, several notable for their tendency to overproduce endocrine hormones. Classification Adrenal cancer is the presence of malignant...

Antiepileptic drugs (AED's, aka anticonvulsant) is used to Tx epileptic seizures. They can also be used to Tx bipolar disorder, mood stabilizer, and neuropathic pain. MOA Block sodium channels, or enhance GABA....

Head circumference (HC, aka occipital frontal circumference OFC) is measurement of a child's head around its largest area, the distance from above the eyebrow/ears, and around the back of the head. [youtube]3YMJRsYNZDQ[/youtube] [faq]What...

Dysarthria (from Greek "dys" meaning "hard", "arthria" meaning "articulation") is a motor speech disorder, resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor-speech system. Anarthria is total loss...