Pulmonology
Mass lesion – Chest X-ray
Chest X-ray showing a mass lesion in the left upper and middle zones (Click the above image to view an enlarged version)
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Category: Medicine
Medicine
Lipotropic factor
Substance which prevents excess accumulation of fat in the liver. e.g.: choline, lipocaic, inositol
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Medicine
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Management of diabetic ketoacidosis Mainstay of treatment are: fluid therapy, insulin therapy, potassium replacement and antibiotics for precipitating infections. Typical requirement of fluid is 6 litres in 1st
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Anaesthesiology
Invasive ventilation: Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV)
IPPV is invasive and non-physiological, and hence reserved for cases where non-invasive ventilation is not suitable. Terminology PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure Cycling: change from inspiration to expiration
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Anaesthesiology
Oxygen therapy
Oxygen therapy can be normobaric or hyyperbaric. During oxygen therapy, ventilation and airway maintenance should be adequate so that oxygen reaches the lung for gas exchange. Reserve of
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Pulmonology
Pneumomediastinum
Continuos diaphragm sign in pneumomediastinum Continuos left hemidiaphragm sign in lateral view Air anterior to heart in pneumomediastinum Halo sign in pneumopericardium
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Medicine
Hepatic encepahalopathy
Hepatic encepahalopathy is a neuropsychiatric syndrome with multiple manifestations. It is caused by liver failure and / or portosystemic shunting of blood. It is potentially reversible. Loss of
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Medicine
Metabolic memory in diabetes mellitus
“Metabolic memory” is the name given to the situation of diabetic vascular stresses persisting after normalization of glucose values. The emergence of metabolic memory in diabetes mellitus emphasises
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Medicine
Target levels for lipoproteins in diabetic dyslipidemia
American Diabetes Association (ADA) target levels for lipoproteins in diabetic dyslipidemia are as follows: Low density lipoprotein (LDL ) < 100 mg /dl High density lipoprotein (HDL) >
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