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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Carpal tunnel syndrome ... Increased plasma cells
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Patients at Risk ... PO4 and Mg into cells ... Constipation - MSK ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... #diagnosis #management ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... and undergoing AAA ... stratification #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... #management #neurology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... #Management #Treatment
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... : • A clinical ... , breast bone, pelvis ... #Rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
We may ask why are ... Too many cells in ... circulation = risk ... Ask some questions ... Best to have an
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... tissue: Epithelioid cells ... renal failure Clinical ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs