Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency

All identifying info is left out and patient details have been changed in order to protect anonymity. This blog is a fictional blog. These kinds of cases occur in Emergency Departments across the nation but the cases and details here have been changed. This blog started out to document my journey through medical school and now I continue to document my life as a resident physician in EM in a story like fictional style. I am however an actual resident in EM.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Multifactorial

The following diseases are considered multifactorial. This means that the person has a genetic predisposition for the disease but will not necessarily get the disease. These diseases can be avoided (sometimes not always) by avoiding the risk factors associated with the disease

Essential Hypertension in African Americans and Elderly population

Gout

Type 2 Diabetes

Coronary Artery Disease

Affective Disorders

Congenital Pyloric Stenosis

Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Multifactorial

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