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14 Cards in this Set
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Dorsal column relay for upper and lower limbs
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upper
cuneatus lower gracilis |
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First order elimination
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constant fraction
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zero order elimination
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constant amount
phenytoin ethonal aspirin |
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what is kernicterus?
how do you treat it? |
bilirubin deposition in the brain
Rx -plasmaphoresis -phototherapy |
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frontal lobe lesion
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personality chnages
appearance of childhood reflexes |
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parietal lobe lesion
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spatial neglect
gerstmann syndrome |
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causes of prerenal azotemia
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decrease RBF (hypotension)
BUN/Cr = >20:1 |
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causes of postrenal azotemia
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outflow obstruction
(stones, BPH, neoplasm, congenital anomoly) |
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CNS infections in AIDS px
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cryptococcus
toxoplasmosis CMV (encephalopathy and retinitis) dementia PML (JC virus) |
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Regulations of prolactin
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increased prolactin with
-TRH -estrogen -OCP -pregnancy decreased prolactin with -DA |
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long term complication of multiple blood transfusions
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infection
iron overload |
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at what G-force does black out occur
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4-6 G
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why does increase G-force cause blackout
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centrifuge force pools blood in the abdomen and legs
- decrease blood return to the heart -decrease profussion of the brain |
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what happens in decompression sickness
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Gasses (nitrogen) dissolve at high pressures
If you return to low pressure too quickly they will form bubbles that occlude vessels |
