Venous Insufficiency Aka: Venous Insufficiency, Venous Stasis, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Lipodermatosclerosis, Chronic Venous Disease, Venous Incompetence II. Risk Factors Obesity Congestive Heart Failure Diabetes Mellitus Advanced age Female gender Family History of Varicose […]
Prosthetic Heart Valve Aka: Prosthetic Heart Valve, Prosthetic Cardiac Valve, Mechanical Heart Valve, Artificial Cardiac Valve Prosthesis, Bioprosthetic Heart Valve, Biologic Cardiac Valve Prosthesis, Heart Valve Replacement, Valve Replacement, Prosthetic Cardiac Valve Disorder, Prosthetic Cardiac […]
Aortic Stenosis Aka: Aortic Stenosis, Valvular Aortic Stenosis II. Epidemiology Prevalence: 3% of those over age 65 years old in U.S. Most significant cardiac valve disorder in […]
Heart Valve Disorder Aka: Heart Valve Disorder, Heart Valve Disease, Acute Valvular Dysfunction, Acute Valvular Disorder II. Causes Acute Valvular Dysfunction Aortic Stenosis Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation (i.e. acute […]
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Aka: Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, Henoch Schonlein Purpura, Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura, Henoch Schoenlein Purpura, HSP, IgA Vasculitis, Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis II. Epidemiology Children and young adults Most common acute Vasculitis in children Peak Incidence at 5 year […]
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Aka: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, ITP II. Epidemiology Incidence: 10 cases per 100,000 Children comprise 50% of cases Most common Thrombocytopenia cause in children Peak […]
Cullen’s Sign Aka: Cullen’s Sign, Cullen Sign, Periumbilical Purpura II. Signs Blue discoloration from subcutaneous Ecchymosis and edema in periumbilical subcutaneous fat III. Causes Acute Pancreatitis Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Ruptured Ectopic […]
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Aka: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, TTP II. Epidemiology Peak age 30 to 40 years old Slightly more common in women Rare: 4 to 11 cases […]
Actinic Purpura Aka: Actinic Purpura, Senile Purpura, Solar Purpura, Bateman Disease II. Epidemiology Occurs equally in men and women Prevalence Age 60-70 years old: 2% Age 90-100 years old: […]
Purpura fulminans Aka: Purpura fulminans II. Pathophysiology Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy Possible etiologies Severe Bacterial Infection (Meningococcemia) Protein C Deficiency Protein S Deficiency III. Signs See also Disseminated Intravascular […]
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