Circulatory system/ CVS

Raised JVP: Extra-cardiac causes

Submitted by saranya on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 22:18
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 " FAT PEA  "

 

  • Fever
  • Anemia
  • Thyrotoxicosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Exercise
  • A-V fistula

 These are in addition to all the cardiac causes mentioned earlier (pericardial effusion, RHF, tricuspid stenosis, SVC obstruction, etc).

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Clotting factors in Blood

Submitted by saranya on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 00:07
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 " Foolish People Try Climbing Long Slopes After Christmas. Some Crazy People Have Fallen "

Factor VI: It was named initially but later on discovered not to play a part in blood coagulation.
Factor IX: Antihemophilic factor B or Christmas factor was named after the first patient in whom the factor deficiency was documented.
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Diseases associated with HLA B27

Submitted by Achyuth on Thu, 13/10/2011 - 22:14
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 "27 pe RAJU(27 yr old RAJU)"

 

  • 27 = HLA B27
  • pe = Psoriatic arthropathy
  • R = Reactive arthritis 
  • R = Reiter's syndrome 
  • A = Acute anterior uveitis
  • A = Ankylosing spondylitis
  • JU = Juvenile RA

 

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Manifestations of carotid occlusive disease

Submitted by Achyuth on Thu, 13/10/2011 - 21:57
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 "STAAR"

  • Stroke
  • Transient cerebral ischaemic attacks
  • Assymetrical diabetic retinopathy
  • Amaurosis fugax
  • Retinal artery occlusion

 

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