Hyperphosphatemia is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally elevated level of phosphate in the blood. Often calcium levels are lowered (hypocalcemia) due to precipitation of phosphate with […]
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Hypochloremia
Hypochloremia (or Hypochloraemia) is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of the chloride ion in the blood. The normal serum range for chloride is 97 […]
Hyperchloremia
Hyperchloremia is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally elevated level of the chloride ion in the blood. The normal serum range for chloride is 97 to 107 […]
Hypomagnesemia
Hypomagnesemia (or hypomagnesaemia) is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of magnesium in the blood. Normal magnesium levels in humans fall between 1.5 – 2.5 […]
Hypermagnesemia
Hypermagnesemia is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally elevated level of magnesium in the blood. Usually this results in excess of magnesium in the body. Hypermagnesemia occurs […]
Penetrating head injury
A penetrating head injury or open head injury is a head injury in which the dura mater the outer layer of the meninges is breached. Penetrating injury can be caused […]
Ataxia telangiectasia
Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) (also referred to as Louis–Bar syndrome) is a rare neurodegenerative inherited disease causing severe disability. Ataxia refers to poor coordination and telangiectasia to small dilated blood vessels […]
Dementia pugilistica
Dementia pugilistica (DP) is a neurodegenerative disease with features of dementia that may affect amateur or professional boxers as well as athletes in other sports who suffer concussions. A variant […]
Traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) also known as intracranial injury occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be classified based on severity mechanism (closed or penetrating head […]
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is the development of thrombocytopenia (a low platelet count) due to the administration of various forms of heparin an anticoagulant. HIT predisposes to thrombosis the abnormal formation […]