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Hill’s sign

Hills's sign refers to the increased systolic blood pressure recorded in the lower limb in cases of aortic insufficiency. Normally, the lower limb systolic blood pressure is

Acronyms

SERCA – Acronym

SERCA stands for: Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Aptase (involved in sequestration of calcium for later release)

Acronyms

TCID 50 – Acronym

Tissue culture vials TCID 50 stands for: Tissue Culture Infective Dose – 50% / Median Tissue Culture Infective Dose The quantity of a pathogen that will induce pathogenic

ENT

Weight of middle ear ossicles

Middle ear ossicles Weight of the middle ear ossicles are as follows: Malleus – 25mg Incus – 27mg Stapes – 3mg Reference: Middle ear surgery: recent advances and

Medicine

Massive pleural effusion

Massive pleural effusion – left side Click on image for an enlarged view X-ray chest anteroposterior view showing massive pleural effusion on left side and mediastinal shift to right Patient

Cardiology

Aortic stenosis with coexistent aortic regurgitation – Causes

Aortic stenosis – rheumatic Click on image for an enlarged view In the following conditions, aortic stenosis can coexist with aortic regurgitation (aortic incompetence). Rheumatic Congenital bicuspid aortic

Medicine

Mechanism of development of atrial fibrillation in valvular heart disease

Electrical activity of heart in atrial fibrillation Progressive fibrosis of the atria is the underlying pathologic change that results in atrial fibrillation Fibrosis of atria can occur due

Acronyms

WMF – Acronym

WMF stands for: Wastage multiplication factor (an index of wastage of vaccines during vaccination programs)

Preventive medicine

Hospital Bed Turnover Rate

Hospital Bed Turnover Rate is a measure of the extend of hospital utilization It is the number of times there is change of occupant for a bed during

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