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Labels, Labels, Labels! We always want labels. Like someone points out, DM is a complicated process and as such is probably better to think of as a process then fixed disease state if you need more than a laymans understanding of it. Typically in medicine we don’t even call it type 1 and type...

I suspect if she is a "healthy 45yoF" well accustomed to athletic competition this would not be the case. As you mention, the important word is young when we think of pt's with HOCM. It’s hard to know without being able to examine the patient myself and without the knowing all the exact...

There is not a single neuron that goes from the brain to the toe. There is however a group of connected neurons that travel this path. For muscle innervation it's pretty straightforward 1:1 type connections. It gets more tricky for sensory input where you do have "packet addressing". In fact we...

Astronuc, Your quote sounds good. The ammonia cycle: http://web.campbell.edu/faculty/nemecz/323_lect/Nitrogen_metabolism/images/ammonia-transport.jpg Pretty much sums it up. Typically when patients have "ammonia" or urine smelling breath that is medical buzzwords for kidney disease. That is...

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Junk to say the least; http://aquaticape.org/"][/PLAIN] aquaticape.org A good critique on the "science" of AAH.

This. We can and do often take people to the OR with thrombocytopenia. Because in a controlled setting when you are dissecting tissue planes, it is easy to clamp, apply pressure, bovie (electrocautery) or suture your way to hemostasis. In traumatic bleeding you have an uncontrolled...

Since we have no real examples we cannot say for sure. I've thought about this before. I don't see why it would be impossible given the correct conditions. I think it would depend on lots of factors, such as atmosphere composition, distance to star, etc. Maybe the twilight zones on either pole...

I'm with Ryan, I'm still not really understanding your question. If a patient has a resting blood sugar of 200 before breakfast even, at this point they would be past most medications and require insulin (basal + short acting). Patients in a pre-diabetic state for type II diabetes (blood...

Can you clarify your question? What "diabetes number" are you talking about?

Close. Sepsis is SIRS + a source infection. SIRS criteria are 2+ of the following: -temp >101 or <96.8 -tachycardia >90 bpm -tachypnea >20 -PCO2 <32 -Hyperglycemia >120 (w/o DM) -WBC >12000 or <4000 Thus SIRS is, itself nonspecific and can be caused by non-infectious pathology. When it...

Tails aren't free to make. Think about it from a cost-benefit analysis.

The simple answer is like Adjacent pointed out. Microorganisms are ubiquitous in our environment. Including spoilage organisms. This doesn't mean that they are pathogens necessarily, but they can impart unfavorable properties to already cooked food. Like a bad taste or smell. Particularly...

I'd weigh in with the others who discussed aging. Cancer risk is largely a function of age and/or exposure to a mutagen. Particularly in tissues that are very active throughout a person's lifetime; like the GI tract. Increased cellular turnover leads to more chances for something to go wrong...

Yes, you can but for the same reasons mentioned before general anesthesia is preferred. Its really operator dependent, hospital policy, drug availability, anesthesiologist dependent etc. Epidurals take more training and skill to administer than spinal blocks. There isn't much difference...