Thrombosis and thromboembolism - part 4 ppsx

... verifying the blood acid-base values, one can then identify the precise acid-base disorder. Table 4 8-3 Steps in Acid-Base Diagnosis 1. Obtain arterial blood gas (ABG) and electrolytes simultaneously. ... compensatory response (Table 4 8- 1). 7. Compare ∆AG and ∆HCO3 - . 8. Compare change in [Cl - ] with change in [Na+]. Calculate the Anion Gap All evaluations of acid-base disorders should include ... (4. 5 g/dL) decreases the anion gap by 2.5 meq/L. Know the common causes of a high-AG acidosis (Table 4 8-3 ). In the face of a normal serum albumin, a high AG is usually due to non-chloride-containing...

... pathway of androgen synthesis and action: (1) suppression of adrenal and/ or ovarian androgen production; (2) enhancement of androgen-binding to plasma-binding proteins, particularly SHBG; (3) impairment ... conversion of androgen precursors to active androgen; and (4) inhibition of androgen action at the target tissue level. Attenuation of hair growth is typically not evident until 4 6 months after ... hyperandrogenism. Because adrenal androgens are readily suppressed by low doses of glucocorticoids, the dexamethasone androgen-suppression test may broadly distinguish ovarian from adrenal androgen...

... telomeres are 1 5- to 20-kb pairs long and are composed of tandem repeats of a six-nucleotide sequence (TTAGGG) that associate with specialized telomere-binding proteins to form a T-loop structure ... of signaling pathways and are transmembrane proteins (receptor tyrosine kinases, RTK) or are associated with structures at the plasma membrane (Src-, Janus-, and Fak-family kinases). RTKs ... of these processes include transcription factors (e.g., Myc, AP-1, and serum response factor) and the cell cycle machinery (CDKs and cyclins). Inhibitors of many of these pathways have been developed...

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