Internal Medicine

Vomiting: Causes (Non GIT)

Submitted by saranya on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 23:31
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 " ABCDEFGHI "

 

  • Acute renal failure
  • Brain (increased ICP)
  • Cardiac (inferior wall MI)
  • DKA
  • Ears (labyrinthitis)
  • Foreign substances (tylenol etc.)
  • Glaucoma
  • Hyperemesis gravidarum
  • Infections (pyelonephritis, meningitis etc)

 

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Syncope: Causes

Submitted by saranya on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 23:29
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" HEAD, HEART & VESSELS! "

CNS causes: " HEAD "

  • Hypoxia/ Hypoglycemia
  • Epilepsy
  • Anxiety
  • Dysfunctional brain stem (basivertebral TIA)

Cardiac causes: " HEART "

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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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Coma: Causes

Submitted by saranya on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 00:16
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 " AEIOU TIPS "

 

  • Acidosis/ Alcohol
  • Epilepsy
  • Infections
  • Overdoage if drugs
  • Uremia
  • Trauma
  • Insulin (too little or or too much)
  • Pyschotic episode
  • Stroke

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