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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Diagnosis - Based ... resonance imaging [MRI ... Treatment: • ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #neurology #treatment
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... low-signal on all ... • Treatment for ... Progressive systemic sclerosis ... #diagnosis #msk
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
aVF) • Right ventricular ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... Interpretation #ECG ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... Pathophysiology: ... changes on tele/ECG ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Pathophysiology ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... column Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... • All patients ... #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... suggestive of multiple sclerosis ... : - Multiple sclerosis ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Parosteal Lipoma - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Frontal radiograph displays a radiolucent soft-tissue mass with internal
Parosteal Lipoma - MSK ... adjacent cortical sclerosis ... metatarsal with sclerosis ... • No treatment ... #diagnosis #msk
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
patient with right ventricular ... Revascularization, treatment ... for acute MI if ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology