Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Oral leukoplakia
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Oral leukoplakia The World Health Organization (WHO) describes leukoplakia as "a white plaque of questionable risk having excluded (other) known diseases or disorders that carry no increased risk for cancer." impacted system(s):
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lichen Planus
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lichen Planus Lichen planus (LP) is an idiopathic eruption with distinctive shiny, flat-topped (Latin: planus, "flat"), purple (violaceous) papules and plaques on the skin. It is sometimes accompanied with distinctive mucous mem
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lichen Simplex Chronicus
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lichen Simplex Chronicus A chronic dermatitis called lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is brought on by persistent, frequent rubbing or scratching of the skin. Lichenification is the thickening and exaggerated wrinkling of the skin
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Prolonged QT Interval
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Prolonged QT Interval The time between the start of the QRS complex and the end of the T wave on a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) is known as the QT interval. This is the time frame between the beginning of ventricular depolari
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Primary Lung Malignancies
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Primary Lung Malignancies Primary lung cancers, which are predicted to have caused 154,050 cancer-related deaths in the US in 2018, account for 25.3% of all cancer-related deaths. Arranged into two major areas. - Non-small cell
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lead Poisoning
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Lead Poisoning Disease brought on by a high body burden of lead (Pb), a substance whose function in the body is unknown. Synonym(s): inorganic lead poisoning Epidemiology The majority of workers are adults, aged 1 to 5 year
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Legionnaires' Disease
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Legionnaires' Disease Legionnaires' disease was called after an outbreak of a lower respiratory tract infection at the American Legion conference in Philadelphia in 1976. Legionella pneumophila, a previously unidentified causal
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adult
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adult ALL develops in adults as a result of immature lymphocytes' clonal proliferation, survival, and poor differentiation. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) utilizes a cutoff of 20
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Acute Myeloid Leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is defined by the growth of aberrant, immature myeloid progenitors (blasts), which are less able to specialize and cause bone marrow failure as well as a number of systemic sym
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Kembara Xtra - Medicine - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia A monoclonal disease called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by a steady buildup of mature but ineffective cells. The disease may be classified as CLL (10% prolymphocytes), prolymp
