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Thanksgiving break

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:24:37 +0000

As you've probably seen, the vote for MLC2 was 54% for moving class to Tuesday and 46% was for keeping class on Wednesday, and for some reason, the class was not moved, even though the majority (however slim) decided that it didn't want that. Several individuals now have to travel more than 6 hours on Wednesday afternoon (which, reminding you that its the day before Thanksgiving, will be awful). I understand that most people probably don't want to do all of that vasculitis workbook a day earlier than needed, and neither do I, but traveling is a pain, and I'd prefer to drive in the day and not with the rest of America as they travel to be with loved ones. Hopefully someone will read this and allow the majority vote to actually happen.

MLC quiz 3 - question 13

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:15:38 +0000

Malignancy often refers to a deathly condition as well as to tumors specifically. Considering poorly managed CF can lead to pneumonia and FTT, among other things, would it not be appropriate to include in the answer of 13 A and B, making the answer C? I understand Celiac's includes an increased chance of malignant tumors but the term malignancy itself is not strictly confined to tumors, right?

MLC I quiz on CF case

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:57:27 +0000

I read somewhere that there is an increase in sweat Cl- in celiac disease until the patient is put on a gluten free diet. Why is this wrong and if it's not then shouldn't question 4 on the quiz be "C"?
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Polycythemia Vera?

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:46:52 +0000

What's the deal? Does this pt have PV or not?

Budd-Chiari syndrome

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:37:43 +0000

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/350/6/578.pdf

Sorry, ignore the last thread

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:55:55 +0000

http://www.sim.org.tw/journal/jour17-2/05.PDF

Cmap and grading

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:05:03 +0000

Hi everyone,

Two things I thought everyone should know…

First: Cmap has an organizing feature that can untangle all your arrows and concepts instantly, saving valuable time, and making things easier to read. Go to 'Format' then 'Autolayout' and select 'Generate New Layout.' Play with the options there to get the kind of formation you like. Striking 'Generate New Layout' again gives you an alternative arrangement with the same settings.

Second: The rumor that this is a 1.5 credit per term, pass/fail class is false. Check the policy. According to Karen it is an eleven credit class, and all the grades for the first two years are applied at the end of our second year- seriously impacting our GPA then if we slack off now.

Happy grading-

Irony

Hypokalemia in SLE

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:01:46 +0000

http://medind.nic.in/iav/t05/i3/iavt05i3p98.pdf

general process article

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:53:38 +0000

Here is a general article on the whole process in general-it may be useful.
http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/12/4/518

Sukaina

Pathogenesis of granuloma formation

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:59:22 +0000

Seeing as it's up in the air how this person had kidney issues, here's a granuloma article seems pretty helpful. Probably good to double check it with what you have already seeing as it isn't C. Burnettii specific.

Sneller, MC. Granuloma formation, implications for the pathogenesis of vasculitis. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 69(2): 40-43.

Here's the link:
http://www.ccjm.org/pdffiles/SNELLER.PDF

Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:04:57 +0000

I have found an article that argues in favor of the renal pathology being caused by a glomerular process and not a tubular process.

The name of the article is:

Acute Glomerulonephritis Associated with Acute Q Fever: Case Report and
Review of the Renal Complications of Coxiella burnetii Infection

It can be accesed via ScienceDirect through the library website.

Alternatively, here's a link that may work:
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v26n2/fe31_359/fe31_359.web.pdf

low hematocrit

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:28:34 +0000

Anyone have a suggested mechanism for why this 71 yr. old man came in with a slightly low hematocrit?

Phase 1 vs Phase 2 in Q fever diagnosis

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:17:03 +0000

useful article about seriologic testing of Q-fever:

http://www.virion-serion.de/uploads/mit_download/product_information_Coxiella.pdf

Kidney and Blood problems - Ring around the Diagnosis

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:51:13 +0000

Hey everyone, I'm really having a hard time putting together what is causing the alteration in blood profile and renal dysfunction in this case. I can hypothesize about Cytokines and Kidney-based Macrophages…but i've found very little in the literature to support these things directly. Also, it seams that chronic Q-Fever is usually associated with the renal symptoms (the article Joe sent out), but not acute. It seams that everything I find lists these dysfunctions as common occurrences in Q-Fever, but never mentions that pathophysiology. Has anyone found anything really good?