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Headache, nuchal rigidity, fever/chills and Meningitis
photophobia is a classic sign of:
Patients who have headache and fever should be Kernig's (pain when extension of knee at sitting position; 'K' in Kernigs and knee) and Brudzinsky's
assessed for: (which sign(s)?) signs (involuntary flexing of legs when flexing neck). Positive tests would indicate meningitis.
ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom); occurs during shock or can also happen because of
Fluid shifting in lungs is:
pneumonia, aspiration, pancreatitis or drug overdose. High mortality
Epiglottis: High grade fever (>102*F), Sore throat, Drooling, Leaning forward
Epiglottitis VS Croup VS Meningitis Croup: Seal bark cough at night, Low grade fever(<102*F), Stridor
Medical/AMLS Final review
Meningitis: Stiff neck, fever/chills, photophobia, Fever with seizures.
, Dental pain, fever, dysphagia and possible firm red Ludwig's Angina
pronounced swelling around throat:
Activation of the RAA Pathway is caused by: Dehydration, Drop in Na, or Hemorrhage (which all, essentially, can lead to shock)
With regards to RAA: When a drop in BP is sensed Renin(think "RENal"/"RENin"; will combine with angiotensinogen (in blood) to make Angiotensin I.
by kidneys, they will release ______ which will
There's an enzyme in your lungs called ACE which Angiotensin Converting Enzyme; Angiotensin-2.
stands for ___ _. As Angiotensin-1 is carried from
your blood stream to your lungs, it combines with
ACE and becomes______ _.
Angiotensin-2 specifically activates the ________________ adrenal cortex; aldosterone
to secrete _______________
aldosterone Causes water and salt retention in blood, thus increasing blood pressure.
What's the difference between ADH and Aldosterone?
ADH Keeps water, and water only; Aldosterone keeps water and salt.
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If you eat food that's high in salts, you increase the tonicity of your bloodstream when it's absorbed
and become hypertonic. That triggers ADH which causes your kidneys to retain water and only
water. A drop in blood pressure will also cause ADH release because there's a multiplicity to the
body all the time.
ADH vs Aldosterone
There's never been a clinical case of somebody overproducing ADH. But there are clinical cases of
lower than normal ADH levels (deficiency) which goes by the name of diabetes insipidus. What's
diabetes insipidus? If you can't make ADH, you pee a lot because you have no way of not-peeing a
lot. The word diabetes means to pee a lot. There's diabetes mellitus. Mellitus means sweet. So this is
sweet pee. Insipidus is pee that doesn't taste sweet. These two diabetes were recognized by ancient
greeks. When people would pee a lot, they would taste their urine. If it tastes sweet, it was called
diabetes mellitus, and if it wasn't sweet it was called diabetes insipidus.
Angiotenson, Renin and Aldosterone increase preload and afterload.
During compensatory shock renin-angiotensin- Increase preload afterload and reabsorption of sodium
aldosterone system is activated to cause:
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