Borderline Personality disorder

Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds

Mnemonics for Borderline Personality disorder. Treatment: Psychotherapy Reference Treating patients with borderline personality disorder in the medical office. Am Fam Physician 2013;88(2):140-141.

Supraventricular tachycardias (SVT)

CARDIOLOGY, Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, ECG, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds

Tachyarrhythmias Definition: Ventricular rate > 100. Based on QRS duration, they are divided into narrow-complex (QRS < 120 ms) or wide-complex (QRS >120 ms). There are further divided into regular or irregular rhythms. Mechanisms for tachyarrhythmias...

Eye: Red Eye

Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds

  References Diagnosis and management of red eye in primary care. Am Fam Physician 2010;81(2):137-144. Goldman L, Schafer AI (eds): Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, ed 25. Elsevier Saunders, 2016, pp 2556-2568.

Little League shoulder (proximal humeral epiphysitis)

Clinic A/P, Peds

Background Little League shoulder is proximal humeral epiphysitis. It is a stress fracture of the growth plate of the humerus. It most often develops as an overuse injury in baseball pitchers age 11–16. Mechanism of injury: Overuse injury that results from a throwing...

Kidney Disease, Autosomal Dominant Polycystic (ADPCKD)

Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds

“Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPCKD) is the most common genetic kidney disease and accounts for 4.7% of end-stage kidney disease cases in America. Many patients with ADPCKD are asymptomatic, but early symptoms can include flank pain, gross...

Nausea

Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds

Antiemetic Drugs. “Dopamine antagonists, such as metoclopramide, block dopamine stimulation in the chemoreceptor trigger zone, thereby limiting emetic input to the medullary vomiting center (SOR C). SSRIs, such as ondansetron, also work in the chemoreceptor...