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Embolism, Infarction, & Shock Flashcards

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Describe an embolism

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A detached intravascular solid/liquid/gaseous mass that occludes a blood vessel within circulation

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Types of Emboli:

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Thromboemboli
Air
Amniotic
Fat
Cholesterol

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Pulmonary Thrombo-embolism:

Describe what Thrombo-embolisms are

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Pulmonary emboli that start from deep venous thromboses, these fragmented thrombi are carried through larger veins & into the right side of the heart —> lungs

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Pulmonary thrombo-embolism:

Describe a Saddle embolus

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If the emboli occludes the main pulmonary artery & straddles the pulmonary artery bifurcation

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Pulmonary thrombo-embolism:

Describe a Paradoxical embolism

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A venous embolus that passes through an interatrial or interventricular defect to gain access to the systemic arterial circulation

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Pulmonary thrombo-embolism:

Describe a Cor Pulmonale

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When an emboli obstructs 60% or more of the pulmonary circulation these don’t normally cause hemorrhage or infarction this type of emboli can cause sudden death from right-sided heart failure or cardiovascular collapse

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Systemic Thrombo-embolism:

Which conditions are most likely to give risk to systemic thrombo-emboli?

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Most of these will arise form intracardiac mural thrombi and are associated with left ventricular thrombus because:
- Infarction
- Left atrial dilation
- Fibrillation
- Aortic aneurysms
- Atherosclerotic plaques
- Valvular vegetation
- Venous thrombi (aka paradoxical emboli)

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Where do systemic thrombo-embolisms most commonly happen?

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75% in the lower extremities & 10% in the brain

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Describe a fat embolism

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1.When fractures of long bones rupture vascular sinusoids causing fat and hematopoietic bone marrow to become an embolus and travel to the lung
2. Release of free fatty acids from the fat globules causes toxic injury to the endothelium

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Describe the features/presentation of fat embolism syndrome

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Patients will present with pulmonary insufficiency, neurological symptoms, anemia, & thrombocytopenia

It can happen 1-3 days after an injury and typically has sudden onset tachypnea, dyspnea, & tachycardia, irritability, restlessness (can progress to a delirium or coma)

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Patient presents with petechial hemorrhages and hemorrhages in the white matter with evidence of injury by micro globules of fat

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Patient likely suffered from a fat embolism syndrome

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The following histo slide describes what type of embolus? What does the star highlight?

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Bone marrow embolus within the pulmonary circulation

Star: Hemapoietic cells

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Amniotic fluid embolism:

Describe the features of Amniotic fluid embolism

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Arises as a complication of labor and the immediate postpartum period.
Features include:
- Sudden/severe dyspnea
- Cyanosis
- Shock
- Seizures
- Pulmonary edema & neurological impairment

If the patient survives they will still have pulmonary edema with disseminated intravascular coagulation

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The histo slides describe what type of emboli?

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Amniotic fluid emboli this happens when the amniotic fluid spills into mom’s circulation (from tears in placenta or uterine ruptures)

Squamous cells from fetal skin, lanugo hair, mucin, & fat from vernix caseosa can make their way into mom’s pulmonary circulation

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Describe the features of an acute air embolism

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Happens when gas bubbles in the circulation coalesce to form frothy masses that obstruct blood flow & cause ischemic injury

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What are somethings that could cause an air embolism?

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Barotrauma
Surgery
Dysfunctional one-way valve
Uncapped catheters
Bypass surgery

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X-ray of a patient suggests the presence of which type of embolism?

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Air embolism

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Chest CT causes the following, what embolism is most likely? A & B

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Air embolism (A)

Bilateral-pleural-based/wedge-shaped mass consolidations with central necrosis in lower lobes (B)

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Decompression sickness:

Describe the features of Decompression sickness

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Sudden changes in atmospheric pressure during ascent (i.e scuba diving).

Breathing in higher pressures causes nitrogen gas to dissolve in tissues and as the pressure reduces too fast the gas expands in tissues forming air emboli and ischemic injury (the bends)

Elbow/shoulder are most common in divers

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How do you treat an air embolism?

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A hyperbaric chamber to decompress the gas

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Describe the features of Caisson disease (aka chronic air embolism)

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This is a chronic form of decompression sickness (caisson disease) where recurrent/persistent gas emboli are in the bones and cause multifocal ischemic necrosis leading to osteonecrosis (6-60 months)

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Which bones are most commonly effected by Caisson disease?

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The head/shaft of the humerus
Lower end of the femur
Tibial head

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Cholesterol crystal embolism (blue toe/purple toe syndrome):

Describe the features of Cholesterol crystal embolism

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Severe atherosclerosis of larger arteries (aorta) can cause ulcerative atherosclerotic plaque

Patients tend to complain about pain in their legs, butt, lower back, & restless legs

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Cholesterol crystal embolism typically happens in patients with what condition?

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Usually in patients with advanced atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta because the cholesterol crystals micro-embolize in the lower extremities

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Cholesterol embolism:

Describe Livedo reticularis.

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This makes a mottled, purplish discoloration of the skin with reticulated cyanotic areas surrounding central cores (fishnet pattern) because of spasms/obstructions of perpendicular arterioles and pooling blood in surrounding venous plexuses

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Cholesterol embolism:

Describe what a biopsy of areas with livedo reticularis will show?

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Occlusions of arterioles by multinucleated foreign-body giant cells and fibrosis surrounding biconvex/needle-shaped clefts that correspond to cholesterol crystal micro emboli

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Describe what a fat embolism is?

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The release of fat globules from bone marrow when it’s fractured causing Petechial hemorrhages, pulmonary insufficiency, neurological impairment, anemia, & thrombocytopenia usually 1-3 days after the injury

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Describe what an Amniotic fluid embolism is?

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a complication of labor that happens immediately in the post-partum period as Sudden and severe dyspnea, cyanosis, shock/seizures, pulmonary edema, & neurological impairments,

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Caisson disease

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Livedo reticularis & cholesterol embolism

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Anatomy of vascular supply:

How does blood supply effect an organs resistance to thromboembolism?

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Organs with dual artery blood supply are more resistant to thrombo-embolism infarct (i.e lungs and spleen)

32
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Slowly developing occlusions are less likely to cause _________ because they provide time to develop ____________ of perfusion

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infarction because they allow time to develop alternate pathways

33
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Which tissue is more vulnerable to hypoxia? neurons or skeletal muscle

34
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Anterior compartment syndrome

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this is caused by arterial hemorrhage into a compartment (in any extremities) where the increased pressure in the closed space pinches off blood flow to that area

Usually from crushing injuries (blocks venous outflow)

35
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Describe the features of testicular torsion

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The spermatic cord twists cutting off blood supply to the epididymis and testis (bell-clapper deformity)

Sudden onset of pain and swelling in testes, asymmetrical scrotum and a high-riding testicle

Must do surgery within 6hrs!

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What’s the differential diagnostic criteria between testicular torsion and ependymitis?

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Positive Phern’s sign (pain is better when testes are elevated) = epididymitis

Negative Prehn’s sign (pain is worse when testes are elevated) = testicular torsion

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Describe the features of ovarian torsion

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  • Sudden onset of extreme lower abdominal pain radiating to the back, side, and thigh &
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Mild fever
  • Tachycardia
38
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What condition puts a patient at higher risk of developing intestinal hemorrhagic infarction and why

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Diabetics because they’re more prone to atherosclerosis which can occlude the mesenteric artery

39
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A pulmonary embolism will result in what type of infarct?

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A red infarct because organs like the lung and spleen have dual artery supply making them more resistant to thromboembolisms

40
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Wedge shaped, pale infarcts that impact organs with a single arterial supply

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White infarcts

41
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How do you differentiate ischemic or hemorrhagic occlusions and what are the treatment options for each?

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Use a CT scan if it’s ischemic use thrombolytics if it’s hemorrhagic palliative care :(

42
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What embolism has neutrophils?

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Septic embolism

43
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Describe the features of the following type of embolism?

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A septic embolism, that happens when microbes seed necrotic tissue or infected valve vegetation embolizes this is the only emboli that has neutrophils!

44
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Myocardial infarction can lead to what type of Shock?

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Cardiogenic shock

45
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Ventricular rupture can lead to what type of Shock

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Cardiogenic shock

46
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Arrythmia can lead to what type of Shock?

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Cardiogenic shock

47
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Cardiac tamponade can lead to what type of Shock?

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Cardiogenic shock

48
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Describe the features of hypovolemic shock

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  • Low cardiac output
  • Less left ventricular diastolic pressure
  • Usually from excessive fluid or sodium loss
  • Decreased PCWP but a normal ejection fraction
  • More peripheral vascular resistance (RAAS)
  • dECREASED VENOUS
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Pulmonary embolism can lead to what type of Shock?

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Cardiogenic Shock

50
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Fluid loss (hemorrhage, vomiting, diarrhea, burns etc) can lead to what type of Shock?

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Hypovolemic shock

51
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Overwhelming microbial infections (fungi/bacteria) can lead to what type of Shock?

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Shock via systemic inflammation (septic shock)

52
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Superantigens (TSS) can lead to what type of Shock?

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Shock via systemic inflammation (septic shock)

53
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Trauma/burns/pancreatitis can lead to what type of Shock?

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Shock via systemic inflammation (septic shock)

54
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What are some of the features of Septic shock

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Cytokine cascades (inflammation)
Peripheral vasodilation/blood pools (warm)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation

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Describe the features of Cardiogenic shock?

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  • Systemic hypoperfusion causing low cardiac out put (cold),
  • High PCWP
  • Increased peripheral vascular resistance
  • Lactic acidosis
  • Decreased left ventricular filling
  • Lactic acidosis
56
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How does left sided heart failure lead to cardiogenic shock ?

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Lower cardiac output means higher EDV which causes more PCWP causing pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock

57
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Occlusion of what artery most commonly leads to Ventricular fibrillations

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Occlusion of the LADA causes an anterior septal infarct blocking blood supply to the Purkinje fibers causing ventricular fibrillation

58
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Describe the properties of IL-1

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  1. It’s secreted by macrophages
  2. Acts as an endogenous pyrogen (fever, edema, adhesion/diapedesis)
  3. Hemopoietic growth factor
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Describe the properties of IL-2

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  1. Secreted by Tcells
  2. Stimulates the proliferation/differentiation of Tcells
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Describe the properties of IL3

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  1. Secreted by activated Tcells
  2. Hemopoietic growth factor
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Describe the properties of IL-4

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  1. Secreted by TH2 (CD4) & Mast cells
  2. Promotes differentiation of helper T-cells to TH2 to activate B & T cells to class switch (IgE–>IgG)
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Describe the properties of IL5

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  1. Secreted by TH2 & Mast cells
  2. It stimulates the growth and differentiation of eosinophils & Bcells to class switch (IgA)
63
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Describe the properties of IL-6

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  1. Secreted by macrophages/monocytes
  2. It promotes fever and stimulates the liver to make acute phase reactants (hepcidin, CRP etc)
  3. It also inhibits hematopoiesis (new RBC formation)
64
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Describe the properties of IL-7

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  1. Secreted by adventitial reticular cells
  2. They help differentiate pluripotent stem cells into progenitor B & T cells
  3. Also helps maturation of NK cells & lymphocytes
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Describe the properties of IL-8

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  1. Secreted by macrophages, endothelial cells, leukocytes, & skeletal muscle cells
  2. Chemotaxis & degranulation
66
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Describe the properties of IL-10

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  1. Secreted by TH2, T-regulatory cells, & macrophages
  2. It’s an anti-inflammatory that inhibits macrophages, dendritic cells, & MHCII cells
67
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Describe the properties of IL-11

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  1. Secreted by stromal cells of bone marrow
  2. increases platelet count and differentiation of CRP, Hepcidin, & ESR
68
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Describe the properties of IL-12

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  1. Secreted by macrophages
  2. It activated NK cells & promotes the differentiation of naive T-cells
69
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Describe the properties of IL-13

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  1. Secreted by TH2 cells, B-cells, CD8 cells, Alveolar macrophages, Mast cells, & Basophils
  2. Increases the expression of VCAM-1 & stimulates IgE production via B-cells
70
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Describe the properties of IL-17

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  1. Secreted by TH17 cells & CD8 cells
  2. It stimulates the production of IL’s 1, 6, 8, 12, 18, & INF-y (all proinflammatory)
  3. It also recruits neutrophil to inflammation
71
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Describe the properties of IL-24

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  1. Secreted by Tcells & monocytes
  2. Suppresses tumors
72
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Describe the properties of IL-28, 29

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  1. Secreted by dendritic cells
  2. They promote antiviral immunity
73
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Describe the properties of IL-32

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  1. Secreted by monocytes, macrophages, & NK cells
  2. It induces TNF-a, IL-8/6 (Proinflammatory)
  3. It also induces apoptosis
74
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Describe the features of septic shock

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Sepsis that comes from s. aureus, s. cocci, e.coli, pseudomonas, & candida

  • Cytokine storm via TNF & IL-1
  • Patient initially has a high WBC count but then it drops (false positive) because the marginal pool)

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