Category Archives: Previous assorted info snippets
Procedure: Generic Checklist
Here’s a checklist for discussing or describing a procedure – whether it’s for an exam question or just for kicks…
The daily educational pearl – Causes of stridor
Causes of stridor
The daily educational pearl – Peak expiratory flow
The daily educational pearl – anticholinergic syndrome
Anticholinergic syndrome
It can be causes by a large number of drugs and plants. There is probably a mnemonic for it but I hate mnemonics (and can’t remember them anyway). But as you look at your patient starting from the head, it’s not hard to remember what symptoms you can get with anticholinergic syndrome:
The daily educational pearl – Liver function tests
When we order liver function tests (LFTs) we normally get ALT / GGT / ALP / bilirubin / total protein / albumin. But are these true liver function tests? Should we add anything?
The daily educational pearl – C1 inhibitor deficiency
C1 inhibitor deficiency
= autosomal dominant disease resulting in inherited or acquired deficiency in C1 inhibitor
The daily educational pearl – Angioedema without urticaria
The daily education pearl – Urticaria
Urticaria
– occurs due to local vasodilation, increased vascular permeability, and tissue edema secondary mast cell degranulation and histamine release. This can be mediated by 4 different mechanism:
The daily educational pearl – Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis aka bilharziasis, snail fever
– caused by blood flukes of genum Schistosoma – 2 big groups, one that causes gastrointestinal disease and one that causes urogenital disease