Background: A 22-year-old healthy college student was experiencing a loss of appetite‚ fever‚ night sweats‚ joint pain and skin rashes during the month of February 2014. The patient had lost approximately 18 pounds and had a constant feeling of malaise. In attempts to diagnose the patient‚ doctors tried to rule out multiple autoimmune disorders such as Addison’s disease‚ Lupus‚ Leukemia‚ and Rheumatoid arthritis. Extensive blood work was taken with no prominent results except for an increased sedimentation
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to aid memorization. These mnemonics are not all inclusive and should be used in conjunction with standard textbooks of medical diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The electronic text in PDF or word has hyperlinks to navigate. Index Acute Abdominal Pain: "Bad Gut Pain" Females Acute With Pelvic Pain: "Ectopic" Amylase elevation – “Parotid” Anemia: Macrocytic = "Big Fat Red Cells" Normocytic = "Normal Size" Microcytic = "Tics” Hemolytic = "Hematologists" Arthritis – “ Arthritics” Arthritis
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being over the age of 50‚ smoking‚ hypertension‚ hyperlipidemia‚ diabetes‚ and a personal history of heart disease; Mrs. Donelson has five of the six risk factors. In addition‚ physical exam findings including bilateral carotid bruits‚ a pulsatile abdominal mass‚ and absent/diminished pulses in the lower extremities are suggestive of atherosclerotic disease. The pathophysiology of atherosclerotic disease depends on initial damage to the endothelium of the vessel; both smoking and hypertension have
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Script Hello‚ my name is Albert Einstein. I was born in Ulm‚ Germany on March 14‚ 1879. My parent’s names were Hermann and Pauline. As a young child my father Hermann (hair-mon)was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran an electrochemical factory with moderate success. When I was one year old‚ my dad teamed up with my Uncle Jacob and created an electrochemical factory. Although my father was a good role model‚ my parents would call me “slow and dreamy”. As a child‚ I was always fascinated
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on the leaflets. This is most commonly found on the aortic and mitral valves. A common site of this infection for intravenous drug absuses is also the valves of the right side of the heart (Kumar‚ Abbas‚ Aster‚ 2015). Embolic fragments may have a high number of virulent organisms which dettach from vegetations at any period (Cotran‚ Kumar‚ & Collins‚ 1999). This is a common site for abscesses that go on to form septic infarcts or mycotic aneurysms. A fungal vegetation on the heart valve would generally
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The Circulatory System The circulatory system is the system of the human body that is responsible for delivering oxygen‚ nutrients‚ and disease-fighting cells to the body’s organs and tissues. Parts of the circulatory system include the cardiovascular system‚ which consists of the heart‚ lungs‚ blood vessels‚ and blood‚ as well as the lymphatic system‚ made up of the lymph vessels‚ nodes‚ and lymph itself. The cardiovascular system brings oxygen and glucose to the body’s tissues in the blood and
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Collectively‚ Mrs. Steel’s family history includes the following information: one son at the age of 40 who is being treated for high blood pressure‚ father’s record showed background of heart disease and deceased at the age of 90 due to a brain aneurysm‚ mother’s record provided extensive history with heart disease and deceased due to congestive heart failure at the age of 92‚ brother who passed at the age of 81 due to heart disease‚ sister at the age of 76 who has suffered multiple minor heart
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1 History and examination of the cardiovascular system I Mitral stenosis 3 2 Mitral regurgitation 8 3 Mixed mitral valve disease 12 4 Aortic regurgitation 13 6 Mixed aortic valve lesion 23 7 Mixed mitral and aortic valve disease 24 8 Hypertension 27 9 Atrial fibrillation 31 10 Palpitations 35 11 Slow pulse rate 37 12 Gallop rhythm 39 13 Angina pectoris 41 14 Acute myocardial infarction 45 15 Jugular venous pulse 52 16 Congestive cardiac failure 54 17 Infective
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University‚ and he becomes a professor at Princeton. In 1936 Albert’s second wife‚ Elsa‚ dies. Three years later‚ World War II breaks out and Einstein moves to America and becomes a US citizen in 1940. Eight years later his doctor discovered an aortic aneurysm in his abdomen. Einstein is informed that if it bursts he will die. In 1952‚ Einstein was invited to become president of Israel‚ but he refuses. On April 18‚ 1955 Einstein dies in his sleep after refusing surgery on his ruptured
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tamponade and how does it cause the observed symptoms? (4 points). Answer: 2. You have been called upon to demonstrate the technique for listening to valve sounds. (a) Explain where you would position your stethoscope to auscultate (1) aortic valve of a patient with severe aortic valve insufficiency (2) Stenotic mitral valve. (b) During which periods would you hear these abnormal heart sounds most clearly? (During atrial diastole‚ ventricular systole‚ ventricular diastole‚ or atrial systole? (c) What cues
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