Clinical Syndromes
Bronchiectasis is permanent, abnormal dilatation of the bronchi with chronic inflammation and infection, leading to a clinical syndrome of chronic productive cough, recurrent chest infections and sometimes haemoptysis.
Clinical Syndromes
- Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum) — Healthy Children
- Most common manifestation
- Called fifth disease — historically fifth in list of childhood exanthems
- Stage 1: Mild prodrome — low fever, malaise, headache
- Stage 2: Characteristic facial rash — slapped cheek appearance — bright red rash on cheeks; circumoral pallor; pathognomonic
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Clinical Syndromes
- Classic Dengue Fever (Break-bone fever):
- Sudden high fever — biphasic (saddle-back) pattern
- Severe headache, retro-orbital pain
- Severe myalgia and arthralgia — break-bone fever
- Maculopapular rash — appears 3–4 days after fever onset
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What our notes say
- Bronchiectasis is permanent, abnormal dilatation of the bronchi with chronic inflammation and infection, leading to a clinical syndrome of chronic productive cough, recurrent chest infections and sometimes haemoptysis. (Bronchiectasis)
- A clinical syndrome of altered consciousness following head injury, typically caused by a change in momentum of the head. (CNS Trauma Neuropathology: Fractures, Concussion & CTE)
- Definition: A clinical syndrome characterized by features of nephritic syndrome + rapid, progressive loss of renal function — often leading to renal failure within weeks to months if untreated. (Glomerular Diseases: Classification, Histology & Pathology)
- A clinical syndrome in which the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body's metabolic demands, or can do so only at elevated filling pressures. (CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY)
- Which clinical syndrome of Ischemic Heart Disease is characterized by coronary artery spasm occurring at rest and is typically responsive to vasodilators and calcium channel blockers? → Prinzmetal angina. (Heart Disease — Must Knows)
- Which clinical syndromes are collectively referred to as "acute coronary syndrome"? → Unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and sudden cardiac death. (Heart Disease: Must Knows)