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Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
Episode - Minimum 1 ... mood - Primary treatment ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
distribution of nearly 3:1 ... combination of: 1. ... Signs and symptoms ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
weakness in: 1. ... EMG Findings: 1. ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... diagnosis #management #neurology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... CT A/P: Assess complications ... • Flex-Sig: If ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
approximately 1 ... adenomas that require treatment ... Signs / Symptoms ... / Complications ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology ... ICH Management: 1. ... lidocaine, +/- pre-treatment ... Pressure #ICP #Pathophysiology ... #neurology #neurosurgery
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
: Pathogenesis and ... Incr PVR if a complication ... Incontinence #Mixed #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... main variants: (1) ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
progression: over 1- ... ophthalmoplegia), systemic signs ... presentation • Lyme Serology ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... the absence of treatment ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... symptoms, positive serology ... q12h)x 60 days Treatment