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| Most Frequent Cause of: Bacterial meningitis (kids) |
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| S. pneumoniae or Neisseria meningitidis |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Aneurysm, dissecting |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Infection in burn victims |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Primary amenorrhea |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hematoma-subdural |
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| Rupture of bridging veins (trauma; venous bleeding is slow) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Peau d'orange |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hypopituitarism |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Dementia |
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| Alzheimer's (2nd most common in multo-infarct) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: UTI |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Right-sided heart failure |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: PID |
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| Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Bacterial meningitis (elderly) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Myocarditis |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hepatic cirrhosis |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: MI |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Nephrotic syndrome (adults) |
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| Membranous glomerulonephritis |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Food poisoning |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Glomerulonephritis (adults) |
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| IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pancreatitis (chronic) |
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| EtOH (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Extopic production of ADH and ACTH |
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| Small cell carcinoma of the lung |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hemochromatosis |
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| Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and increased risk of HCC) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Death in SLE |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hematoma-epidural |
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| Rupture of middle meningeal artery (arterial bleeding is fast) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Cushing's syndrome |
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Definition
| Corticosteroid therapy (2nd most common cause is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Bacterial meningitis (newborns) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pneumonia, hospital-acquired |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pancreatitis (acute) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: DIC |
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| Gram-nepative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Osteomyelitis |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Cancer associated with AIDS |
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| Kaposi's sarcoma HHV-8 A herpes family virus. |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pulmonary hypertension |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Primary hyperparathyroidism |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Maladaptation of a matrix band |
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| Presence of a crown depression (Max 1 Premolar) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Death in CML |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Definition
| Cirrhotic liver (often associated with hepatitis B and C) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Cretinism |
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| Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hypoparathyroidism |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Primary hyperaldosteronism |
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| Adenoma of adrenal cortex |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Infection in blood transfusion |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Aortic aneuyrysm, ascending |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Addison's |
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| Autoimmune (infection is the 2nd most common cause) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Preventable blindness |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Bacterial meningitis (adults) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Hypertension, secondary |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: UTI (young women) |
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Definition
| E. coli and Staphylococcus saprophyticus |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Mental retardation |
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Definition
| Down syndrome (fragile X is the second most common cause) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Juvenile Periodontitis |
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Definition
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Whew! If you can spell this you can pass part 1 |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Actinic Keratosis |
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Definition
| Sun Damage (usually occurs on sun-exposed skin) |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Adult Chronic Periodontitis |
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Definition
| Porphyromonas gingivalis Tannerella forsythia |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Pregnancy Gingivitis |
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Definition
| Prevotella intermedia (Gram -) uses progesterone as a growth factor! |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis |
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Definition
| Prevotella Intermedia and Fusobacteria |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Masseter enlargement |
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Definition
| Clenching or Nocturnal Bruxisim |
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| Most Frequent Cause of: Delayed erruption of teeth |
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