Monday, October 24, 2011

Cytocrome P450


INDUCERS
INHIBITORS
Effect on drugs
Decreased (fail to respond)
Increased (risk of toxicity)
Anticonvulsivants
Barbiturates (Phenobarbital)
Phenytoin
Carbamazepine
Ethosuximide
Valproic Acid
Antibiotics
Rifampin
Chloramphenicol
Quinolones (Ciprofloxacin)
Macrolides (Erythromycin)
Sulfonamides (TMT SMX)
Isoniazid (INH)
Antifungals
Griseofulvin
Ketoconazole
Fluconazole
Alcohol
Chronic alcoholism
Acute alcoholism
Fruits/ Plants
St. John's Wort
Grapefruit

Antiarrythmics
Quinidine

Sterols
Glucocorticois
Antiulcerous

Cimetidine
Omeprazole
Antivirals

Ritonavir (HIV protease inhs)
Antitumoral

Cyclosporin
Patient presents with ↓ pain and temperature sensation over the lateral aspects of both arms.
What is the lesion?
Syringomyelia.
Penlight in patient’s right eye produces bilateral pupillary constriction. When moved to
What is the defect?
Atrophy of the left optic nerve.
the left eye, there is paradoxical dilatation.


Woman involved in a motor vehicle accident cannot turn her head to the left and has right shoulder droop.
What structure is damaged?
Right CN XI (runs through the jugular foramen with CN IX and X), innervating the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles.
Man presents with 1 wild, flailing arm.
Where is the lesion?
Contralateral subthalamic nucleus (hemiballismus).
Patient with cortical lesion does not know that he has a disease.
Where is the lesion?
Right parietal lobe.
Patient’s tongue protrudes toward the left side, and
Where is the lesion?
Left medulla, CN XII.
patient exhibits a right-sided spastic paralysis.


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Monday, October 17, 2011

Some renal Findings


Multiple myeloma

Ischemic tubular necrosis

Acute pyelonephritis

Hypersensitivity interstitial nephritis

Papillary necrosis & Chronic interstitial nephritis

Aminoglycoside toxicity

Lead nephropathy

Urate nephropathy


Acute Tubular Necrosis (renal azotemia)


Eosinophilic casts (Bence-Jones prot), in tubular lumens

Ischemic tubular necrosis

WBC Casts

Drug-induced interstitial nephritis

NSAID-associated nephropathy

Aminoglycoside toxicity

Chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis

Needle shaped monosodium urate crystals are seen in the interstitium and tubular lumens

Heavy metal poisoning with lead or mercury (produces
Fanconi Sd)

Friday, October 14, 2011

Steve Jobs Inspiring speech





Steve Jobs - Do Great Work


Steve Jobs on Connecting the Dots, Love & Loss and Doing Great Work

Steve Jobs - Stanford University Commencement Speech Transcript

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.

Basic ECG concepts...(Arrhythmias Big picture)



Here are some basic concepts about ECG, the most important one, the conduction system of the heart which helps us to understand why the arrhythmias of the heart are studied in that order. 
Begining with everything related to the Sinus Node and Atrium, continuing with  the AV node where the conduction is slowed down (blocks are study here also), and then everything regarding the ventricles. If you get the big picture of this ECG will become one of the easiest subjects to learn.....

In all these main places we will have rhythms and arrhythmias that conserve the normal heart rate, and others that are faster or slower depending the location where the impulse is initiatied,.
For example
The normal HR for the Sinus Node  is between 60 and 100, So according to this HR if the patient has:
Normal HR (60-100):  Sinus Rhythm
Faster HR (>100): Sinus Tachycardia
Slower HR(<60 bradycardia="bradycardia" p="p" sinus="sinus">





Thursday, October 06, 2011

Respiratory

AIRWAY
EXTRATHORACIC (Lips to Glotis)
INTRATHORACIC (Glotis tothe alveoli)
Breath IN
Narrows
Expands
Breath OUT
Expands
Narrows



Stridor: narrowing in extrathoracic airway (when breath in - INSPIRATION)
Ex: small, jaw, macroglossia (hypothyroidism, Down Sd., storage Dzz), large tonsils, large tonsils, laryngeal webs, laryngeal warts, peritonsil abscess, retropharyngeal abscess, epiglotitis, crup, diphteria.. DO A NECK FILM
Wheeze: narrowing in intrathoracic airway (when you breath out - EXPIRATION)
It will expected on Obstructive lung dzz ( Asthmatics )  DO A CXR
Never it's a good thing to find wheezing on inspiration → (Bronchospasm, or mass) → sign of more distress pt probably needs to be in ICU
Rhonchi: air moving over mucus (Obstructive, Productive cough)
Crackles: collapsed airways “popping”open (All restrictive will have it) (obstructives later on)
–Surfactant is missing
–Alveoli have been scarred down

*DRUGS THAT CAUSE CRACKLES (Pulmonary Fibrosis)BBAT Busulfan, Bleomycin, Amiodarone, Tocainide
* Which patient will more likely have crackles Strep pneumonia or pneumocystis
  Bacteria → obstructive (airway)→       Fungus → restrictive (interstitium)
-Strep. pneumonia:bacteria, affects airway, obstrucvitve dzz, ronchi (air moving over mucus)
-Pneumocystis Jirovecchi (fungus), affects intertitium, restrictive dzz, crackles


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Aspirin Intoxication


Aspirin poisoning will produce respiratory alkalosis initially then will produce metabolic acidosis.

Others producing Metabolic acidosis are:
Increased anion Gap (MUD PILES)
M- Methanol
U- Uremia
D- DKA
P- Paraldehyde or phenformin
I- Iron tablets or INH
L- Lactic Acidosis
E- Ethylene glycol
S- Salicilates
Normal anion Gap
Diarrhea
Renal Tubular Acidosis (alkaline urine ph < 5.5)
Hyperchloreima

Monday, October 03, 2011

Insulin Release in Pancreatic β Cell


DO NOT GIVE THIAZIDES TO HYPERGLYCEMIC, HYPERLIPIDEMIC, & HYPERURICEMIC PATIENS
Remember that normally insulin will inhibit HSL (Hormone Sensitive Lipase) required for the breakdown of stored TG in adipose tissue. Since thiazides stop the production of ATP on the pancreatic β cell, preventing the realease of insulin required for keeping TG inside of adipose tissue, this drugs are not given to hyperlipidemic patients.

Renal Physiology