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Murmurs - A Second Coming

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamJuly 11, 2023murmurs, heart, cardiology, aeolian tones, physics, wavelength, frequency, cavitation, velocity, turbulent flow, turbulence, laminar, flowComment

OHA Series - Sulphonylureas

Pharmacology, Medicine, EndocrinologyNarendran SairamApril 6, 2023endocrine, diabetes mellitus, sulpha, sulfa, accidental drug, first generation, atpase, calcium channels, potassium channelsComment

OHA series - Metformin

Endocrinology, MedicineNarendran SairamApril 3, 2023medicine, diabetes, oral hypoglycemic drugs, oral agents, type two diabetes, endocrinology, sugars, glucose lowering, insulinComment

Pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Medicine, Neurology, Pathology, PathophysiologyNarendran SairamFebruary 11, 2023als, Stephen hawking, stephen, hawking, neurological, upper motor neurone, lower motor neurone, excitotoxicity, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, biopsy, motor neurone disease, MND, amyotrophy, lateral, sclerosisComment

Pathophysiology of Meningitis

Medicine, Neurology, PathologyNarendran SairamFebruary 6, 2023meningitis, pathophysiology, pathology, monro, kellie, doctrine, csf, intracranial pressure, cerebral edema, inflammation, cns, brain, meninges, arachnoid, pia, dura, leptomeningesComment

HACEK Organisms - A Mnemonic Nightmare

Microbiology, Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamFebruary 1, 2023HACEK, microbiology, microbes, cardiology, infective, endocarditis, ie, haemophillus, parainfluenzae, aggregatibacterComment

Basic Classification of Seizures

Medicine, NeurologyNarendran SairamNovember 10, 2021cns, seizures, epilepsy, partial seizures, complex seizures, absence seizures, typical absence seizures, atypical absence seizures, generalzied seizures, generalised seizures, brain, neurons, EEG, electroencephalogram, auras, automatismsComment

Hypertensive Retinopathy - The Stealthy Blindness

Ophthalmology, MedicineMadhuvanthi MohanNovember 8, 2021hypertension, blindness, retinopathy, ophthalmology, ophthal, residency, shortnote, keithwagner, keith, wagne, salu's, bonnet's, gun's, gradingComment

Sinus Tachycardia - Defining the Normal

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamNovember 20, 2019sinus, tachycardia, sinus tachycardia, leads, II, III, aVF, aVR, biphasic waves, idiopathi sinus tachycardia, POTS, postural orthostatic tachycardiaComment

Supraventricular Tachycardias - The Narrow Waves of Chaos

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamNovember 14, 2019cardiology, medicine, arrhythmia, tachycardia, narrow complex, supraventricular, reentry, reentry pathways, focal tachycardias, sinu rhythm, multifocal atrial tachycardia, MAT, AVNRT, AVRT, WPW, wolff parkinson whiteComment

Heart Block - An Electrical Travel Delay

Cardiology, MedicineNarendran SairamNovember 6, 2019sick sinus syndrome, nodal, infranodal, complete heart block, mobitz, wenkebachComment

Disorders of the Sinoatrial Node - When a Hero Falls

Cardiology, MedicineNarendran SairamOctober 30, 2019heart, cardiology, sinoatrial node, arrhythmia, exit block, impulse initiation, impulse conduction, holter, SNRT, SACT, automaticity, sulcus terminalis, tachycardia, bradycardia, sinus pause, sinus arrest, tachycardia cradycardia syndromeComment

Introduction to Arrhythmias - An Electrical Enigma

Cardiology, Medicine, PhysiologyNarendran SairamOctober 24, 2019cardiology, arrhythmias, conduction, heart, parallel, seriesComment

The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure - A biological civil war

Cardiology, Medicine, PhysiologyNarendran SairamAugust 26, 2019heart, failure, pathophysiology, neuroendocride, neuroendocrine, vasoconstriction, ejectionfraction, ejection fraction, cardiology, medicineComment

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - The Story of Bubble Boy

Genetics, Immunology, MedicineSw. Kopiga SreeDecember 20, 2018severs, severe, combined, immunodeficiency, scid, David vetter, bubble boy, bybble, nasa suit, genetic, x linked, bone marrow transplant, interleukins, b cell, t cell, progenitors, differentiation, mutations

Coomb's Test - Finding Bad Blood

Immunology, Medicine, Transplant MedicineNarendran SairamNovember 12, 2018coombs, test, immunology, rh, direct coombs, indirect coombs, reagent, antigen, antibody, hemolysis, haemolytic disease of new born, cross matching, blood transfusion, autoimmune haemolytic anemiaComment

Cholera - The Killing Stool

Microbiology, MedicineMadhumitha AshokkumarJune 27, 2018Comment

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Mind vs. Body

Medicine, PathologyNarendran SairamApril 18, 2018amyotropic, lateral, sclerosis, Stephen, hawking, Stephen hawking, als, lou gerig, lou, sod1, suproxide dismutase, excitotoxicity, motor neurons, LMN, UMN, lipofuscin, ubiquitin, bunina, tar dna binding protein 43, riluzole, ALSFRS-R Comment

Respiratory Failure - A Supply Demand Mismatch

Medicine, PulmonologyAnirudh MuraliJanuary 17, 2018Comment

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) - The importance of quick decisions

Medicine, CardiologyAnirudh MuraliJanuary 3, 2018myocardial infarction, heart attack, EMD, emergency, ER, chest pain, miComment