Most common sport injuries and it’s treatment- basicofmedicine

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Structures Around The Knee Joint: Collaterals: Medial Collateral Ligament: Also known as tibial Collateral ligament. Most common ligament to be injured is medial Collateral ligament. Because it is attached to the medial meniscus. Lateral Collateral Ligament: Also known as fibular Collateral ligament. poplitius tendon present inside the knee joint. Meniscus and Cruciate ligaments are intracapsular. … Read more

Acute kidney injury: causes, clinical features and complications.

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Causes for acute kidney injury ATIN: Pre renal causes (most common): Volume depletion (defective intravascular volume) : Acute tubular necrosis it changed to ATIN ( acute tubule interstitial nephritis): Criteria for defining ATIN: KDIGO stage 1: KDIGO stage 2: KDIGO stage 3: Site of tubular injury in ATIN: S3 segment of proximal straight tubule > … Read more

Know more about chronic kidney disease

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Chronic kidney disease- introduction: CKD: decrease number of functioning nephrons GFR: single nephrons GFR * number of functional nephrons Interstitial fibrosis tubular atrophy glomerular sclerosis TGF- beta: key molecule in pathogenesis of CKD Chronic kidney disease- causes: Causes of CKD Rate of fall of GFR Diabetic nephropathy 8-10 ml/min/year Chronic glomerular nephropathy 6-8 ml/min/year Ischemic … Read more