Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

estrogen promotes uterine cancer. Immune system dysfunction Impaired immunity including HIV infection leads to several cancers including Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and HPV-associated malignancies such as anal cancer and cervical cancer. 6.Cancer Symptoms Cancers are a group of hundreds of different diseases and affect various organs of the body. Cancer symptoms depend on the stage of cancer, the grade of cancer, whether it has spread to other organs, the general health, age and…

pulmonary capillaritis(3) 3. Renal limited vasculitis: occurrence of isolated pauci-immune necrotizing crescenting glomerulonephritis without other systems involved(3) 4. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis (EGPA) - also known as Churg-Strauss syndrome: presents with inflammation of respiratory tract and associated with asthma and blood eosinophilia(3) It was observed that over 20% of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis will develop end stage renal failure over a 5 years…

Performance of Pediatric Index of Mortality-2 Scoring System in Tanta University Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Ahmed Abd El Basset Abo-El ezz *, Khaled Talaat Abu-Ela *, Aml Zaki Abd Elaziz *, Maaly Mohamed Mabrouk †, Ehab Abd Elhalem Abo Ali ‡ From the Departments of * Pediatric, † Clinical Pathology and ‡ Public health, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the…

as tissue damage, inflammation, and injury that in turn is transmitted as a pain signal to the brain. The stimuli could also be toxic chemicals, intense light, sound, pressure or temperature. These receptors are the sensitive dendritic ends or end organs of sensory neurons. When a receptor potential achieves a certain threshold, it triggers an action potential in the sensory neuron 's axon. These signals then travel by sensory neuron pathways through electrical or chemical means in the spinal…

Introduction: The administration of intravenous fluids (IV), is one of the most common and widely used interventions in the medical field, across the world. 'Intravenous' simply means within vein (Wikipedia encyclopaedia). IV therapy is an extremely efficient and effective method of supplying various fluids and medications into the body system which produce rapid effects and it also allows for injecting and administering large volumes of, again, any additional fluids or medications compared to…

General Introduction Dietary lipids: Dietary lipids consist of a broad group of compounds that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in water. Their density is lower than water and consistency varies from liquids to solids at normal room temperature, depending on their structure and function. They are also referred as ‘Oils’ which are liquid and ‘fats’ which are solid at room temperature. Lipids are the important constituents of diet due to their higher energy value. One gram of lipid…

QUESTIONS 1. Discuss the pathophysiology of coronary artery atherosclerosis. Include discussion of risk factors associated with the development of this disease. (10 points) Coronary artery atherosclerosis is most commonly comprised of atherosclerotic fibrous fatty obstructions of the large epicardial vessels, which provide for blood flow and transport nutrients, oxygen, and elimination of metabolic waste products such as CO2, lactic acid, and hydrogen ions. Coronary artery atherosclerosis…