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MLC II : Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease (Spring 2008)
(click here for the Fall 2007 schedule)

Class meets on Mondays from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. and Fridays from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in 1159 Weiskotten. * Occasional double Wednesday sessions meet from 10:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Case readings in BLUE, supplemental articles in ORANGE

     
Jan 7 Case 3-2000 [NEJM 342(4): 264, 2000]
  9 Handout: Mechanisms of edema
  11 Central role of vasopressin in sodium/water retention in hypo- and hypervolemic nephrotic patients: A unifying hypothesis [J Nephrol 17(5): 653, 2004]; Assignment: Nephrotic syndrome
  14 Case 36-2006 [NEJM 355(21): 2237, 2006]
  16 Complete module Case F - see "Case Studies" tab
  18 Assignment: Disease outlines;  Assignment: Case 36-2006 questions
  22 (Complete module Cases B & G - see "Case Studies" tab)
  23* Case 11-2004 [NEJM 354(26): 2803, 2004]
  25 (Complete module Cases C, I & M - see "Case Studies" tab)
  28 Case 31-2007 [NEJM 355(23): 2468, 2007]
  29 (Complete module Case H - see "Case Studies" tab)
  30  
Feb 1 Systemic disease mini-cases(click here for the take-home portion)
  4 Complete module Case 4  (click here for printable .pdf)
  5 (Read patient synposis "The One Patient Renal Curriculum")
  6 Renal review: mock examination
  11 Unit V Examination
  13* Case 35-2007 [NEJM 357(20): 2068, 2007]
  15 Hypothesis due
  18 Case 31-2006 [NEJM 355(15): 1593, 2006]
  20 Outlines: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
  22 Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity [NEJM 356(21): 2176, 2007]; Missing Link [NEJM 357(8): 818, 2007]
  25 A hypertensive emergency in an obese young woman [Cleve Clin J Med 73(2): 110, 2006]; Related handout
  27 Molecular mechanisms of preeclampsia [Microvascular Research 75:1, 2008]; Related handout
  29 Assignment: Normal pregnancy and preeclampsia outlines and case hypothesis
March

3

Concurrent IVF and spontaneous conception resulting in a quadruplet pregnancy [Human Reprod 16(11): 2324, 2001]
  7  
  14 Unit VI Examination
  24 "Enterovirus Infection in Taiwan" Package
  26

The 1998 Enterovirus 71 Outbreak in Taiwan: Pathogenesis and Management [Clin Infect Dis 34(Suppl 2): S52, 2002]
  28 Hypothesis due
  31 Case 35-2002 [NEJM 347(20): 1604, 2002]
April 2  
  4 Hypothesis due
  7 Case 24-2000 [NEJM 343(6): 420, 2000]     
  9 Tales from the Temporal Lobes [NEJM 352(2): 119, 2005]
  11  
  14 Case 16-2002 [NEJM 346(21): 1651, 2002]
  16 Thrombosis of the Cerebral Veins and Sinuses [NEJM 352(17): 1791, 2005]
  18 Wrap-up part 1
  21 Wrap-up part 2
  25 Unit VII Examination
May 9 Make-up case #1: Case 12-1995 [NEJM 332(16): 1083, 1995]
Make-up case #2:
Case 35-2001 [NEJM 345(20: 1483, 2001]

Normal lab values at MGH [NEJM 351(15):1548, 2004]

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