Acute Respirator Infections& types of pneumonia.

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Acute respiratory infections (ARI) may cause inflammation of the respiratory tract anywhere from nose to alveoli, with a wide range of combination of symptoms and signs. Acute respiratory infection is often divided on the basis of location of infection. if infection occur in upper respiratory tract it is called as upper ARI and if infection … 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