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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Summary Primary ... : TB, fungal infection ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... #Endocrinology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
infections (90%), Fungal ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... (tuberculosis, fungal ... • Abdominal pain ... • Back pain ... addisons #disease #endocrinology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
: • Primary pulmonary ... chills, muscle aches ... , joint pain, chest ... pain • Rarely, ... #Diagnosis #Management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... dysfunction SPINE Mnemonic ... - Emergency Causes ... infections • primary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... weight • Chest pain ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... CNS Infection • Primary ... biphasic • Clinical symptoms ... chills, muscle aches ... - And, in rare cases
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... dormitories) - Lack of primary ... , parasitic or fungal ... vasoconstriction syndrome
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... not a feature of primary ... Imaging: 1) Primary ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology