Autoimmune hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a disorder of unknown cause characterized by unresolving inflammation of the liver and by the presence of interface hepatitis on histologic examination (Fig. 1-1), hypergammaglobulinemia, and autoantibodies. Diagnosis requires the exclusion of other chronic liver diseases that have similar features, including Wilson disease, chronic viral hep
PBL Analysis
21 year-old male
History of transplantation (twice)
Treatment included Cellcept, Prograft, methylprednisolone, intravenous immunoglobulin, plasmapheresis
Cause depression of immune activity
Present to the ER complaining of severe headaches, nuchal rigidity, tachycardia, rigors
Positive Brudzinski and Kernig signs
CT scan of the head revealed no intracranial abnormalities
CS
3) 간암 (HCC, Hepatic cellular carcinoma)
1. 원인 및 병태생리
-만성B형간염이나 C형 간염, 지속적인 과량의 음주, 간경변 등
2. 증상 및 징후
-간이 있는 오른쪽 윗배에 덩어리 촉진됨
-간암이 빠르게 커질 때는 같은 부위에 통증이 발생, 황달현상
3. 치료 및 환자관리
-수술: 간 절제술, 간이식, 경동맥 화학
PBL
2.1 importance of detecting method
AMI (acute myocardial infarction) is the common type of heart disease. It occur during the period when circulation to a region of the heart is obstructed and necrosis is occurring.
Over 50 % of the patients who visit an emergency room for heart pain go back to home because of wrong diagnosis. and 0.8 % of the wrong diagnosis lead patients to death. In t
Heart disease
Cardiovascular(heart) disease
- a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
- the biggest cause of deaths worldwide
(Wikipedia)
Examples :
Coronary heart disease
Cardiomyopathy - diseases of cardiac muscle
Hypertensive heart disease - diseases of the heart secondary to high blood pressure
Heart failure
Cor pulmonale - a failure of the right sid