Pathophysiology notes

Notes of cardiovascular pathophysiology. Congenital and acquired cardiomyopathies; valvular diseases, coronary artery syndrome and ischemia, myocardial infarction, dilated cardiomyopathy, and heart failure

Notes of pathophysiology. Haemostasis: primary and secondary haemostasis with related disorders. Thrombosis: pathophysiology, cardiac, venous, and arterial thrombi. Ischemia and infarction: pathogenesis, risk factors, and types. Atherosclerosis: pathogenesis, risk factors, and therapy

Notes of pathophysiology. Oedema: definition, classification, pathogenesis. Electrolyte imbalance: hormonal regulation (ADH and aldosterone), hypovolemia, altered natremia and altered kalemia. Diabetes insipidus: definition, pathogenesis, and diagnosis

Notes of renal pathophysiology. Glomerulopathies: nephrotic and nephritic syndromes, gluomerulopathies due to immune complexes. Tubular pathologies: acute tubular necrosis, pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis.

Notes of respiratory pathophysiology. Physiology of respiratory systems and determinants of respiration. Obstructive pathologies: asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, and COPD. Restrictive pathologies: interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pneumon...

Notes of pathophysiology of shock and anaemia. Shock: pathogenesis, types (haemorrhagic, cardiogenic, and distributive), clinical presentation, signs and symptoms, therapy. Anaemia: clinical presentation (hypoxia, compensatory mechanisms, jaundice, other associated symptoms), classification (reduc...

Notes of pathophysiology of thyroid and thermoregulation. Thyroid: physiology, thyroid hormones production and function; hypothyroidism, classification, diagnosis, clinical presentation; hyperthyroidism, classification, diagnosis, clinical presentation; goitre, pathogenesis and types. Thermoregula...