Pathognomonic sign: Pernicious Anemia - red beefy tongue Carbon monoxide poisoning - cherry red face Addisons Disease
- bronze pigmentation of skin Cushings syndrome - buffalo hump Bulimia Nervosa - chipmunk face Liver Cirrhosis - spider angioma & Caput medusae Leprosy - lion face SLE - butterfly rash on face Emphysema - barrel chest Parkinsons pill rolling tremors Myasthenia Gravis - ptosis & Descending paralysis GBS - Ascending paralysis- clumsiness Meningitis - nuchal rigidity. Kernigs & Brudzinskis sign Hypoparathyroidism - Trousseau sign & Chvosteck sign Pancreatitis - Cullens sign & Grey Turners sign DKA - Acetone breath odor & Kussmauls respiration Angina Pectoris - Levines sign
Pneumonia - rusty sputum Chronic bronchitis - Blue bloaters Asthma - Pink puffers Appendicitis - rebound tenderness Glaucoma -loss of peripheral vision- Tunnel vision Cataract - Loss of central vision Retinal detachment -Curtain-veil like vision
Decreased dopamine- Parkinsons disease Increased dopamine- Schizophrenia Decreased acetylcholine- Myasthenia Gravis / Alzheimer Increased acetylcholine- Bipolar Autoimmune diseases Multiple Sclerosis Hypothyroidism Acute Glomerulonephritis Myasthenia Gravis
Hyperthyroidism GBS Pernicious Anemia
Apparatus needed at bedside: Acetaminophen toxicity Myasthenia Gravis Hemodyalisis Senkstaken tube Guillain Barre Syndrome Convulsion Hyperthyroidism Goiter Hypoparathyroidism - Acetylcisteine. Prepare suction apparatusacetylcysteine causes outpouring of secretions. - tracheostomy set. For respiratory arrest. - bulldog clip - scissors to deflate balloon. - tracheostomy set. For respiratory arrest. - suction apparatus. Increased secretions. - tracheostomy set. For laryngeal spasm post subtotal thyroidectomy complication. - tracheostomy set. For laryngeal spasm post subtotal thyroidectomy complication. - tracheostomy set. For laryngeal spasm.