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Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
APS is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by recurring blood clots resulting from antibodies
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... clinical event ( ... clinical event and ... to be present Treatment ... (EULAR Guidelines
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... cycles after right atrial
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... 2 cases/100,000 ... Pathophysiology: • Immune ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... main variants: (1)
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Compartment syndrome ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Features: • Triad ... decreased renal perfusion ... disease 2.
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
think about three clinical ... with ptosis: 1. ... CN III palsy 2. ... nerve palsy • Horner ... levator to the tarsal
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... within the first 1 ... to 2 weeks after ... decrease in HIV-1 ... infiltrates, pleural effusions
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... decade → peripheral/acral ... before epiphyseal fusion ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... syndrome #1: Pulm ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... #clinical #pocus
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... 2. ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... salivary ducts Clinical ... thickening or effusion ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment