Quick Navigation Complications from a single transfusion: Febrile non hemolytic transfusion reactions. Allergic reactions. Anaphylaxis: Acute hemolytic reactions. Delayed hemolytic reactions. Graft vs. host disease: TRALI (Transfusion related acute lung injury): TACO (Transfusion associated circulatory overload): Infections: Others: Complications from massive transfusion: Electrolyte imbalance. Coagulopathy. Iron overload/ toxicity. Immunosuppression. […]
Basic Medical Science
It is a major peripheral nerve network formed by the anterior primary rami of fifth cervical to first thoracic spinal nerves. Brachial plexus innervates the muscles, joints, and skin of upper limb. There is a complex interchanging of branches before the formation of main nerves of upper limb. This network […]
The vermiform appendix is a narrow, blind-ending intestinal diverticulum arising from the posteromedial aspect of the caecum, 2-3cm inferolateral to the ileocecal valve. Quick Navigation Structure Embryology Position of Appendix Vascular supply and Lymphatic drainage Nerve supply Functional anatomy Clinical anatomy Structure It is usually 6-10 cm long in the […]
Ototoxicity is a capacity of a drug or therapeutic agent to damage inner ear (auditory and/or vestibular) structure and/or function producing symptoms like hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness etc. Ototoxicity came into attention when Streptomycin used for the treatment of tuberculosis in 1944 caused the toxicity of the inner ear. Quick […]
Iron is very important mineral for body and has critical role in function of cells. It has very important role in transport of oxygen. Iron is present in enzymes like cytochrome system in mitochondria. The amount of iron required varies among cells. Deficiency of iron result in various clinical disorders […]
It is highly muscular organ on oral cavity. It lies partly in oral cavity and partly in pharynx. It functions are deglutition, taste and speech. The bones in which tongue is attached are hyoid, mandible, styloid process of temporal bone. The parts of tongue are as follow: Root dorsum inferior […]
