Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

AIDS: Most Common Diseases

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Myaesthenia Gravis: Presenting Features

Warfarin Toxicity: What Should You Do About It?

SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome

Hypertriglyceredemia: Best Medications Review

USMLE Review Questions on Arthritis, Claudication

USMLE Review Questions with Discussion, Vol.1

Iron Deficiency in Restless Legs Syndrome

Digoxin: What Should You Know About It?

Bipolar Disoder: Mood-Stabilizing Medications

Subdural hematoma and Epidural Hematoma

Major Side-Effects of Adenosine

Oncogenic Viruses

Lyme Disease: Management

Placental Abruption: Clinical Features and Management

Restrictive cardiomyopathy for USMLE

Clopidogrel and Ticlopidine

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Null Hypothesis, Type I and Type II Errors

Atrial Fibrillation

Heart Block

Statins: Our Friends in the War on Cholesterol

Genetic Code

Ganglion Cyst

NASH/Steatosis

Iron Deficiency Anemia: Causes, Diagnosis and Management

Bisphosphonates

Fanconi's Syndrome

Cell Motility: Flagella, Cilia and Their Clinical Importance

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Bioenergetics and Role of ATP

Complications of Sinusitis

Cohort and Other Observational Studies

Anal Fissure: Causes, Diagnosis and Management

Pilonidal Cyst and Abscess

Amiodarone: Most Important Points for USMLE

Most Important EKG Findings for USMLE

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Star Points

Warfarin: Most Important Points for USMLE

Doctrine of Informed Consent

Changes During Normal Aging

Basic Facts
Aging is a process that requires adaptation to the changes associated wtih the increasing age. Care for the elderly involves, among others, the management of most common clinical conditions that affict the aged such as arthritis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, urinary incontinence, heart disease, hearing loss, influenza, depression, falls and injuries.
Preventive strategies should be targeted at the major causes of death such as coronary heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Replacement therapy with estrogens and progesterone decreases the incidence of osteoporosis. Principal goal of health care to the elderly: Delaying morbidity and disability.
Physical Activity: Older adults should be counseled on physical exercise when there are no contraindications such as decompensated heart failure, severe aortic stenosis, serious cardiac arrhtymias etc.
Brain: atrophy of the brain tissue, senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, loss of memory
Respiratory System: Increase in FRC with aging, decrease in pulmonary diffusing capacity, decrease in arterial oxygen tension
Cardiovascular system: decrease in cardiac index, increase in myocardial stiffness, decrease in arterial compliance, increase in total peripheral vascular resistance
Renal System: glomerulosclerosis, impaired sodium handling
Sleep: Wakefulness After Sleep Onset, Increased number of arousals, insomnia

Which of the following is a common process associated with normal aging?
A.increase in cardiac fibrosis
B. increase in cardiac index
C. Decrease in total peripheral vascular resistance
D. Decrease in WASO (Wakefulness After Sleep Onset)
Answer: A

Action Potential on Cardiac Muscle Cells

Status Epilepticus: Causes, Management

Sensitivity and Specificity

Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Slide Show

Basal Skull Fractures: Slide Show

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and CAGE Questionnaire

Do's and Don'ts in Step-2 CS: Slide Show

Bisphosphonates: Most Important Points Slide Show

Scleroderma: Presenting Features

Von Willebrand Disease

Pharyngeal Arches: A Brief Introduction

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Somogyi Effect vs.Dawn Phenomenon: Tips to remember

Diabetes Mellitus: Most Important Points

Secondary Hypertension: Main Causes

Hypertension: Life-Style Modifications

Hypertension:Classification & Management

Structure and Function of DNA

Transtuzumab and HER-2/neu positive breast cancer

IUDs: Most Important Points