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1
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PTB

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low-grade afternoon fever

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rusty sputum

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PNEUMONIA

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3
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wheezing on expiration

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ASTHMA

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4
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barrel chest

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EMPHYSEMA

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KAWASAKI SYNDROME

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strawberry tongue

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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

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red beefy tongue

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DOWN SYNDROME

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protruding tongue

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8
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stepladder like fever with chills

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MALARIA

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rice watery stool

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CHOLERA

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TYPHOID

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rose spots in abdomen

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11
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pseudo membrane formation

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DIPTHERIA

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MEASLES

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koplik’s spots

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SLE

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butterfly rashes

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BULIMIA

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chipmunk face

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rebound tenderness

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APPENDICITIS

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LEPROSY

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lioning face

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17
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LIVER CIRRHOSIS

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spider like varices

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TETANY

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hypocalcemia (+) Trousseau’s sign/carpopedal spasm; Chvostek sign (facial
Spasm).

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19
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TETANUS

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risus sardonicus

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20
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CUSHING’S SYNDROME

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moon face appearance and buffalo hump

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21
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PDA

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machine like murmur

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22
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bronze like skin pigmentation

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ADDISON’S DISEASE

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23
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MS

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Charcot’s Triad (IAN)

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24
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MG

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descending muscle weakness

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25
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INTUSSUSCEPTION

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sausage shaped mass, Dance Sign (empty portion of RLQ)

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HYPERTHYROIDISM/GRAVE’S DISEASE

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exopthalmus

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27
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ANGINA

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Crushing stubbing pain relieved by NTG

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28
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PYLORIC STENOSIS

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olive like mass

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29
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LTB

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inspiratory stridor

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30
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DVT

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Homan’s Sign

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31
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EPIGLOTITIS

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3Ds’ Drooling, Dysphonia, Dysphagia

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32
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TEF

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4Cs’ Coughing, Choking, Cyanosis, Continous Drooling

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33
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HODGEKIN’S DSE/LYMPHOMA

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painless, progressive enlargement of spleen & lymph tissues, Reedstenberg Cells

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34
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Vesicular Rash (central to distal) dew drop on rose petal

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CHICKEN POX

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35
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INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS

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Hallmark: sore throat, cervical lymph adenopathy, fever

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36
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FIBRIN HYALIN

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Expiratory Grunt

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37
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DKA

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Kussmauls breathing (Deep Rapid RR)

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38
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BLADDER CA

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painless hematuria

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39
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BPH

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reduced size & force of urine

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40
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DM

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polyuria, polydypsia, polyphagia

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41
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MI

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Crushing stubbing pain which radiates to left shoulder, neck, arms, unrelieved by NTG

42
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RETINO BLASTOMA

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Cat’s eye reflex

43
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Cat’s eye reflex

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(grayish discoloration of pupils)

44
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ACROMEGALY

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Coarse facial feature

45
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DUCHENNE’S MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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Gowers’ sign

46
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Gowers’ sign

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use of hands to push one’s self from the floor

47
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PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS

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Nikolsky’s sign

48
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separation of epidermis caused by rubbing of the skin

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Nikolsky’s sign

49
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PANCREATITIS

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Cullen’s sign (ecchymosis of umbilicus); (+) Grey turners spots

50
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Guillain Barre Syndrome

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ascending muscle weakness

51
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DENGUE

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petechiae or (+) Herman’s sign

52
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MENINGITIS

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Kernig’s sign

53
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Kernig’s sign

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leg flex then leg pain on extension

54
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neck flex = lower leg flex

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Brudzinski sign

55
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ecchymosis of umbilicus

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Cullen’s sign

56
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HYDROCEPHALUS

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Bossing sign

57
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GERD

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Barretts esophagus

58
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HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

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Flapping tremors

59
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Barretts esophagus

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erosion of the lower portion of the esophageal mucosa

60
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Bossing sign

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prominent forehead

61
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LYME’S DSE

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Bull’s eye rash

62
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recurrent bloody diarrhea

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ULCERATIVE COLITIS

63
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SHOCK

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HYPOtension TACHYpnea TACHYcardia

64
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MENIERE’S DSE

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Vertigo, Tinnitus

65
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CYSTITIS

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burning on urination

66
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HYPOCALCEMIA

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Chvostek & Trosseaus sign

67
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INCREASE ICP

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HYPERtension BRADYpnea BRADYcardia

68
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HYPERtension BRADYpnea BRADYcardia

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Cushing’s Triad

69
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The 3 C’s of TEF in the newborn

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1) Choking
2) Coughing
3) Cyanosis

70
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Paget’s Disease

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tinnitus, bone pain, enlargement of bone, thick bones

71
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Complications of Mechanical Ventilation

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Pneumothorax, Ulcers

72
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Akathisia

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motor restlessness, need to keep going, tx with antiparkinsons meds, can be mistaken for agitation

73
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Lymes

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found mostly in Conneticut

74
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Tardive Dyskinesia

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irreversible - involuntary movements of the tongue, face and extremities

75
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Tardive Dyskinesia

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may happen after prolonged use of antipsychotics

76
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Motor

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limb weakness, paralysis, slow speech

77
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Sensory

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numbness, tingling, tinnitus

78
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chorea

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writhing, twisting, movements of face, limbs and body

-gait deteriorates to no ambulation

79
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no cure, just palliative care

80
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smell urine on the breath

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Uremic fetor

81
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Huntington’s Chorea

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50% genetic, autosomal dominant disorder

82
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Cerebral

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nystagmus, ataxia, dysphagia, dysarthria

83
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usually seen in kids bone breaks on one side and bends on the other

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Greenstick fractures

84
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Insomnia

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side effect of thyroid hormones

85
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exacerbation

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acute, distress

86
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Appendicitis

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inflammation of the appendix

87
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Appendicitis

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pain is in RL quadrant with rebound tenderness

88
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portal hypotension + albuminemia

89
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Sign of fat embolism

90
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petechiae

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Treated with heparin

91
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chronic pancreatitis

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pancreatic enzymes are given with meals

92
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Trousseau and Tchovoski signs observed in

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hypocalcemia

93
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Co2 causes

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vasoconstriction

94
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before any invasive procedure give

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prophylactic antibiotic therapy

95
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knee replacement

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use continuous passive motion machine.

96
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beta cells of pancreas produce

97
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Multiple sclerosis

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myelin sheat destruction, disruption in nerve impulse conduction

98
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myasthenia gravis

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decrease in receptor sites for acetylcholine

99
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Since smallest concentration of ACTH receptors are in cranial nerves, expect fatigue and weakness in eye, mastication, pharyngeal muscles.

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myasthenia gravis

100
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Guillain-Barre syndrome

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ascending paralysis

101
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Keep eye on respiratory system

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Guillain-Barre syndrome

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