Life support are emergency techniques performed support life after the failure of one or more vital organs. [faq]What is life support? It's where you try to "support life", after 1 or more...

Organomegaly is abnormal enlargement of organs. Classification Cardiomegaly, of the heart. It includes: Dilated cardiomyopathy, where the heart chamber(s) is enlarged Hypertrophy, where the cardiac muscle is enlarged. It includes left ventricular hypertrophy, right...

XXRI's are antidepressants, used to treat depression, and other mental illnesses. MOA Increases certain monoamine levels, by inhibiting its reuptake into the presynaptic cell, thereby increasing the amount of the monoamine in...

Crackles (aka crepitations, rales, from French "rale" meaning "rattle") are discontinuous crackling/clicking/rattling noises made by either/both lungs in Pt's with a respiratory disease. Sx Discontinuous, non-musical, and brief Much more common during inspiration than...

Neurological examination is assessment of sensory and motor to determine whether the nervous system is impaired. Classification [[MMSE]] [[Cranial nerve exam]] [[Upper limb exam]] [[Lower limb exam]] Sensation Dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied...

Leopold's maneuvers (aka fetal palpation) are 4 maneuvers used to palpate a fetus inside a pregnant woman, from her abdomen. FMF is shorthand for fetal movement felt. Purpose Determines position of the fetus Determines presentation...

DMSA scan is a radionuclide scan, that uses dimercaptosuccinic acid (as a radioactive tracer) in assessing renal morphology, structure (static scan), and function. It is sometimes used as a test...

Aortic [valve] stenosis is narrowing of the aortic valve (i.e. exit of the LV of the heart), such that problems result. [faq]I know that aortic stenosis is stenosis of the aorta....

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (aka blue disease, tick typhus, Tobia fever, Sao Paulo fever, febre maculosa, fiebre manchada) is the most lethal and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the...

Amyloid are insoluble fibrous protein aggregates, sharing specific structural traits. Pathophysiology They are insoluble and arise from at least 18 inappropriately folded versions of proteins and polypeptides present naturally in the body These...