Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur more commonly in girls than boys, with the highest rates in infants and during toilet training. In boys, most UTIs occur in the first year of life and are more common in uncircumcised boys. UTIs are usually caused by bacteria that enter the bladder from the gastrointestinal tract. The main types of UTIs are pyelonephritis, cystitis, and asymptomatic bacteriuria. Pyelonephritis involves the kidneys and can cause fever and other systemic symptoms, while cystitis only involves the bladder. Imaging studies like ultrasound and voiding cystourethrogram help identify anatomical abnormalities and assess renal involvement and function in children with UTIs.
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This presentation covers Urinary tract Infections (UTI). Their Definition, forms, epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, Clinical manifestation, Diagnostic procedures, Management, Complications and Education to the Patients are discussed in detail.
The male reproductive system consists of a number of sex organs that play a role in the process of human reproduction. These organs are located on the outside of the body and within the pelvis.
This presentation covers Urinary tract Infections (UTI). Their Definition, forms, epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, Clinical manifestation, Diagnostic procedures, Management, Complications and Education to the Patients are discussed in detail.
The male reproductive system consists of a number of sex organs that play a role in the process of human reproduction. These organs are located on the outside of the body and within the pelvis.
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
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Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
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Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
2. Prevalence and Etiology:
• Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur in 1-3% of
girls and 1% of boys.
• In girls, the first UTI usually occurs by the age
of 5 yr, with peaks during infancy and toilet
training.
• In boys, most UTIs occur during the 1st yr of
life; UTIs are much more common in
uncircumcised boys, especially in the 1st year
of life.
3. Prevalence by Age
• The prevalence of UTIs varies with age.
• During the 1st yr of life, the male : female
ratio is 2.8-5.4 : 1.
• Beyond 1-2 yr, there is a female
preponderance, with a male : female ratio of
1 : 10.
4. Etiology
• UTIs are caused mainly by colonic bacteria.
• In girls, 75-90% of all infections are caused by
Escherichia coli, followed by Klebsiella spp and Proteus
spp.
• Some series report that in boys >1 yr of age, Proteus is
as common a cause as E. coli; others report a
preponderance of gram-positive organisms in boys.
• Staphylococcus saprophyticus and enterococcus are
pathogens in both sexes.
6. Clinical Pyelonephritis:
• Clinical pyelonephritis is characterized by any
or all of the following:
• abdominal, back, or flank pain; fever; malaise;
nausea; vomiting; and, occasionally, diarrhea.
Fever may be the only manifestation.
• Newborns can show nonspecific symptoms
such as poor feeding, irritability, jaundice, and
weight loss.
7. • Pyelonephritis is the most common serious
bacterial infection in infants <24 mo of age who
have fever without an obvious focus.
• These symptoms are an indication that there is
bacterial involvement of the upper urinary tract.
• Involvement of the renal parenchyma is termed
acute pyelonephritis, whereas if there is no
parenchymal involvement, the condition may be
termed pyelitis.
• Acute pyelonephritis can result in renal injury,
termed pyelonephritic scarring.
Clinical Pyelonephritis:
8. Cystitis:
• Cystitis indicates that there is bladder
involvement; symptoms include dysuria, urgency,
frequency, suprapubic pain, incontinence, and
malodorous urine.
• Cystitis does not cause fever and does not result
in renal injury.
• Malodorous urine is not specific for a UTI.
9. Pathogenesis and Pathology:
• Most UTIs are ascending infections.
• The bacteria arise from the fecal flora, colonize
the perineum, and enter the bladder via the
urethra.
• In uncircumcised boys, the bacterial pathogens
arise from the flora beneath the prepuce.
• In some cases, the bacteria causing cystitis
ascend to the kidney to cause pyelonephritis.
• Rarely, renal infection occurs by hematogenous
spread, as in endocarditis or in some neonates.
10. RISK FACTORS FOR URINARY TRACT
INFECTION:
Uncircumcised male Tight clothing (underwear)
Female gender Pinworm infestation
Vesicoureteral reflux Constipation
Toilet training Bacteria with P fimbriae
Voiding dysfunction Anatomic abnormality (labial
adhesion)
Obstructive uropathy Neuropathic bladder
Urethral instrumentation Sexual activity
Wiping from back to front in
girls
Pregnancy
Bubble bath?
11. Diagnosis:
• UTI may be suspected based on symptoms or
findings on urinalysis, or both;
• a urine culture is necessary for confirmation and
appropriate therapy.
• In toilet-trained children, a midstream urine
sample usually is satisfactory; the introitus should
be cleaned before obtaining the specimen.
• In uncircumcised boys, the prepuce must be
retracted.
• In children who are not toilet trained, a
catheterized urine sample should be obtained.
12. • Alternatively, the application of an adhesive, sealed,
sterile collection bag after disinfection of the skin of
the genitals can be useful only if the culture is negative
or if a single uropathogen is identified.
• However, a positive culture can result from skin
contamination, particularly in girls and uncircumcised
boys.
• If treatment is planned immediately after obtaining the
urine culture, a bagged specimen should not be the
method because of a high rate of contamination often
with mixed organisms.
• A suprapubic aspirate generally is unnecessary.
13. • Pyuria (leukocytes in the urine) suggests
infection, but infection can occur in the absence
of pyuria; this finding is more confirmatory than
diagnostic. Conversely, pyuria can be present
without UTI.
• Sterile pyuria (positive leukocytes, negative
culture) occurs in partially treated bacterial UTIs,
viral infections, renal tuberculosis, renal abscess,
UTI in the presence of urinary obstruction,
urethritis due to a sexually transmitted infection
(STI) , inflammation near the ureter or bladder
(appendicitis, Crohn disease), and interstitial
nephritis (eosinophils).
Diagnosis
14. • Nitrites and leukocyte esterase usually are positive in
infected urine.
• Microscopic hematuria is common in acute cystitis,
but microhematuria alone does not suggest UTI.
• White blood cell casts in the urinary sediment suggest
renal involvement, but in practice these are rarely
seen.
• If the child is asymptomatic and the urinalysis result is
normal, it is unlikely that there is a UTI. However, if the
child is symptomatic, a UTI is possible, even if the
urinalysis result is negative.
Diagnosis
15. • Prompt plating of the urine sample for culture
is important, because if the urine sits at room
temperature for more than 60 min,
overgrowth of a minor contaminant can
suggest a UTI when the urine might not be
infected.
• Refrigeration is a reliable method of storing
the urine until it can be cultured.
Diagnosis
16. • If the culture shows >100,000 colonies of a single
pathogen, or if there are 10,000 colonies and the child
is symptomatic, the child is considered to have a UTI.
• In a bag sample, if the urinalysis result is positive, the
patient is symptomatic, and there is a single organism
cultured with a colony count >100,000, there is a
presumed UTI.
• If any of these criteria are not met, confirmation of
infection with a catheterized sample is recommended.
• With acute renal infection, leukocytosis, neutrophilia,
and elevated serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate
and C-reactive protein are common.
Diagnosis
17. Treatment:
• Acute cystitis should be treated promptly to prevent
possible progression to pyelonephritis.
• treatment is started pending results of the culture.
• If treatment is initiated before the results of a culture
and sensitivities are available, a 3- to 5-day course of
therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-
SMX) or trimethoprim is effective against most strains
of E. coli.
• Nitrofurantoin (5-7 mg/kg/24 hr in 3-4 divided doses)
also is effective and has the advantage of being active
against Klebsiella and Enterobacter organisms.
• Amoxicillin (50 mg/kg/24 hr) also is effective as initial
treatment but has no clear advantages over
sulfonamides or nitrofurantoin.
18. • In acute febrile infections suggesting pyelonephritis, a
10- to 14-day course of broad-spectrum antibiotics
capable of reaching significant tissue levels is
preferable.
• Children who are dehydrated, are vomiting, are unable
to drink fluids, are ≤1mo of age, or in whom urosepsis
is a possibility should be admitted to the hospital for
IV rehydration and IV antibiotic therapy.
• Parenteral treatment with ceftriaxone (50-
75 mg/kg/24 hr, not to exceed 2 g) or
• Cefotaxime (100 mg/kg/24 hr), or
• ampicillin (100 mg/kg/24 hr) with an aminoglycoside
such as gentamicin (3-5 mg/kg/24 hr in 1-3 divided
doses) is preferable.
Treatment
19. • Treatment with aminoglycosides is particularly
effective against Pseudomonas spp, and
alkalinization of urine with sodium bicarbonate
increases its effectiveness in the urinary tract.
• Oral 3rd-generation cephalosporins such as
cefixime are as effective as parenteral ceftriaxone
against a variety of gram-negative organisms
other than Pseudomonas, and these medications
are considered by some authorities to be the
treatment of choice for oral outpatient therapy.
Treatment
20. • The oral fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin is an
alternative agent for resistant microorganisms,
particularly Pseudomonas, in patients >17 yr.
• It also has been used on occasion for short-
course therapy in younger children with
Pseudomonas UTI.
• However, the clinical use of fluoroquinolones
in children should be restricted because of
potential cartilage damage.
Treatment
21. • A urine culture 1 wk after the termination of
treatment of a UTI ensures that the urine is
sterile but is not routinely needed.
• A urine culture during treatment almost
invariably is negative.
Treatment
22. • There is interest in probiotic therapy, which
replaces pathologic urogenital flora, and
• Cranberry juice, which prevents bacterial
adhesion and biofilm formation, but these
agents have not proved beneficial in
preventing UTI in children.
Treatment
23. Recommendations for imaging
• Previous guidelines have recommended
routine radiological imaging for all children
with UTI.
• Current evidence has narrowed the
indications for imaging.
24. Imaging Studies:
• The goal of imaging studies in children with a
UTI is to:
identify anatomic abnormalities that
predispose to infection,
determine whether there is active renal
involvement, and
to assess whether renal function is normal or
at risk.
25. Imaging Studies: lower urinary tract
• In children with ≥1 infection of the lower urinary
tract (dysuria, urgency, frequency, suprapubic
pain), imaging is usually unnecessary.
• Instead, assessment and treatment of bladder
and bowel dysfunction is important.
• If there are numerous lower urinary tract
infections, then a renal sonogram is appropriate,
but a VCUG rarely adds useful information.
26. Sonogram
Nelson Textbook
• In children with their 1st
episode of clinical
pyelonephritis—
• those with febrile UTI,
• in infants,
• those with systemic
illness—and a positive urine
culture, irrespective of
temperature, a sonogram of
kidneys and bladder should
be performed
Malaysian Guideline
• All children less than 3 years
of age
• Children above 3 years of age
with:
• poor urinary stream,
• seriously ill with UTI,
• palpable abdominal masses,
• raised serum creatinine,
• non E coli UTI,
• febrile after 48 hours of
antibiotic treatment, or
• recurrent UTI.
27. Micturating cystourethogram (MCUG)
Nelson Textbook
• In children with a second
febrile UTI who previously
had a negative upper tract
evaluation, a VCUG is
indicated, because low-
grade reflux predisposes to
clinical pyelonephritis.
Malaysian Guideline
Infants with recurrent UTI.
Infants with UTI and the
following features:
• poor urinary stream, seriously
ill with UTI, palpable
abdominal masses, raised
serum creatinine, non E. coli
UTI, febrile after 48 hours of
antibiotic treatment.
Children less than 3 years old
with the following features:
• Dilatation on ultrasound.
• Poor urine flow.
• Non E. coli infection.
• Family history of VUR.