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Causes of Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Increased Hydrostatic Pressure
 • Volume Expansion: Kidney failure, Pregnancy, Medication
Causes of Peripheral ... Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Increased ... failure, Pregnancy, Medication ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
circulation: MCA ACA ... Electrolyte abnormality, Medication ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Miosis: Horner's syndrome ... Nicotine, Heat Stroke ... #differential #diagnosis
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
Medications associated ... First-generation and ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
- Differential Diagnosis ... insufficiency • Medications ... Singh @rav7ks and ... #differential #diagnosis ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
99: Serotonin Syndrome ... via Yosuf Alam, ... Hyperthermia (most common cause ... Cornerstone of treatment ... serotonergic drugs and
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Loop and ... Eric Strong https ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Wounds/ulcers, Edema ... • Iliotibial band ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... hypotension, lupus-like syndrome ... Uncontrolled hypotension, stroke ... flushing, headache, and ... #Pharmacology #Medications
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
E2 production and ... atropine; Heat stroke ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis