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  1. Glucocorticoid  - Adverse Effects
    HIP COACH
    • Hypertension/Hyperglycemia
    • Infection
    • Psychosis
    • Cataracts
    • Osteoporosis/obesity
    • Anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic
    • Cushing's syndrome/CV risk
    • Hirsuitism
  2. Wilson's disease
    Copper is Hella BAD
    • ↓ Ceruloplasmin
    • Cirrhosis
    • Corneal deposits (Kayser-Fleisher rings)
    • Copper accumulation
    • Carcinoma (HCC)
    • Hemolytic anemia
    • Basal ganglia degeneration (parkinsonian syndrome)
    • Dementia
    • Dyskinesia
    • Dysarthria
  3. Class IB antiarrhythmics
    LYDia's MEXIcan TACOs
    • Na+ channel blockers
    • Lydocaine
    • Mexi...
    • Tacocain..
    • Best after MI, tx of digitoxin toxicity (↓APD)
  4. Esophageal cancer - risk factors
    Esophagus is a SAC on A BED
    • Squamous cell carcinoma
    • -Alcohol/Achalasia
    • -Cigarettes

    • Adenocarcinoma:
    • -Barrett's esophagus/GERD
    • -Esophageal web/Esophagitis
    • -Diverticulum
  5. Burned by the curling iron
    Always cushion the brain
    • Curling ulcer: burns
    • Cushion ucler: brain injury with increased intracranial pressure
  6. Malabsorption
    These Will Cause Devistating Absortpion Problems
    • Tropical sprue
    • Whipple's disease
    • Celiac sprue
    • Disaccharidase deficiency
    • Abetalipoproteinemia
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
  7. Foamy Whipped cream in a CAN
    • Foamy macrophages
    • (PAS +) macrophages
    • Cardiovascular
    • Arthralgials
    • Neurologic symptoms
  8. Chronic gastritis
    AB pairing
    • Type A: body
    • -Autoimmune: pernicious anemia (parietal cells)

    • Type B: antrum
    • -H. pylori

    both risk for intestinal type CA
  9. CRC
    AK-53
    • Loss of APC gene
    • K-RAS mutation
    • Loss of P53
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