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20 Strange and Mysterious Medical Syndromes - 0 views

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medical medicine syndromes

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Peter Kimmich on 25 Feb 09

Doctors have come across some baffling day-to-day ailments, but few conditions are as strange as these 20 disorders, which range from biological to psychological to cultural in nature.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Doctors have come across some baffling day-to-day ailments, but few conditions are as strange as these 20 disorders, which range from biological to psychological to cultural in nature.</div>

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Pretest Pediatrics is an essential high yield review app for board prep - 0 views

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pediatrics apps

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"Pediatrics presents its own set of challenges: memorizing different parameters of normal vital signs, learning how to interact with children and their parents, and studying a fascinating constellation of congenital anomalies and syndromes."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Pediatrics presents its own set of challenges: memorizing different parameters of normal vital signs, learning how to interact with children and their parents, and studying a fascinating constellation of congenital anomalies and syndromes."</div>

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Functional neurologic abnormalities due to prenatal alcohol exposure are common | Persp... - 0 views

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alcohol exposure FASD health prenatal medical education

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Most children who are exposed to large amounts of alcohol while in the womb do not go on to develop fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Instead, problems that arise fall under a broader term that describes a spectrum of adverse outcomes, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> Most children who are exposed to large amounts of alcohol while in the womb do not go on to develop fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Instead, problems that arise fall under a broader term that describes a spectrum of adverse outcomes, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).</div>

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Oliver Sacks: What hallucination reveals about our minds | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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psychiatry

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Ambika Kilaparthi on 20 Sep 09

charles bonnett syndrome [hallucinations in 10% of visual/hearing impaired] ; unlike psychotic hallucinations don't address/accuse/abuse/seduce/interact with the patient.

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West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) | Doctor | Patient UK - 0 views

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West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms)
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bobbings that cause a complete heaving of the head forward towards his knees, and then immediately relaxing into the upright position... these bowings and relaxings would be repeated alternately at intervals of a few seconds, and repeated from 10 to 20 or more times at each attack, which attack would not continue more than 2 or 3 minutes; he sometimes has 2, 3 or more attacks in the day.
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hypsarrhythmia that occurs even between attacks
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WORKUP AND DIAGNOSIS OF A SOLITARY THYROID NODULE from Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of S... - 0 views

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Rapid growth and signs of possible invasion, such as pain or hoarseness, are most suggestive, but not conclusive of malignancy
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Clinical groups with the highest risk for malignancy in a thyroid nodule are children, males, adults younger than 30 or older than 60 years, and those exposed to radiation therapy, especially during childhood
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history of specific endocrine disorders
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  medullary carcinoma, MEN 2, or papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), or a history of familial polyposis, including Gardner's syndrome.
  
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Serum Tg has been reported as useful in predicting a well-differentiated carcinoma
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Radioisotope Scanning
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radionuclide scans allow assessment of thyroid function.
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Technetium pertechnetate (99mTc) is taken up rapidly by the normal activity of follicular cells. It is trapped by follicular cells, but not organified. 99mTc has a short half-life and low radiation dose. Its rapid absorption allows quick evaluation of increased uptake (so-called hot) or hypofunctioning (so-called cold) areas of the thyroid.
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123I and 131I iodine scintigraphy is also used to evaluate the functional status of the gland
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Advantages of scanning with 123I include a low dose of radiation (30 mrad) and short half-life.
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123I is a good choice for evaluating suspected lingual thyroids or substernal goiters.
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131I has a longer half-life (8 days) and emits higher levels of β-radiation. 131I is optimal for imaging thyroid carcinoma.
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screening modality of choice for the evaluation of distant metastasis.
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