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TRALI – Acronym

TRALI stands for: Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury

Conditions causing increased sweat chloride

Cystic fibrosis is the most important condition in which chloride levels in sweat are increased It is measured by using sweat test There are some other conditions which

Medicine

Drugs causing peripheral neuropathy as side effect

The following drugs are known to cause peripheral neuropathy as their side effect. Anti cancer drugs vincristine cisplatin Anti epileptics Phenytoin Cardiac drugs Hydralazine Amiodarone Perhexiline Antibiotics Nitrofurantoin Isoniazid Metronidazole

Medicine

Siegert's sign

Siegert’s sign refert to short and inward curved terminal phalanges seen in Down syndrome Named after Ferdinand Siegert, a German paediatrician

Acronyms

VDTS – Acronym

VDTS stands for: Visual Display Terminal Syndrome

ENT

Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis – Etiology, Pathology, Clinical Features, Management

Laryngeal papillomas constitute 80% of the neoplastic lesions of the larynx Juvenile laryngeal papillomas are a type of squamous papillomas seen in infants and children

Ophthalmology

Causes of defective vision in acute iridocyclitis

Defective vision is one of the important symptoms of acute iridocyclitis Initially there is slight blurring of vision with progressive deterioration There are multiple causes of defective vision

Preventive medicine

Rat flea control measures

Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasite of rodents primarily of the genus Rattus It is responsible for the transmission of many diseases like

Preventive medicine

Genetic counselling – Prospective and Retrospective

Structure of a gene Genetic counselling is the utilisation of knowledge of genetics to predict the probability of genetic disorders. It is of 2 types: Prospective genetic counselling

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