Questions (October 2005)
Clinical Cardiology Series
臨床心臟科個案研究

1. BNP is released from the atria.
2. Elderly and women have BNP levels higher than those in younger individuals or in men.
3. BNP is elevated in patients with renal failure.
4. BNP is elevated in patients with septic shock, pulmonary hypertension and acute pulmonary embolism as well as in decompensated heart failure.

Dermatology Series
皮膚科病例研究

1. What is the clinical diagnosis?
2. What are the clinical differential diagnoses?
3. What is the pathogenesis?
4. What are the possible complications of this condition?
5. What are the treatments?