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Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
Syndrome (SIS): ... Signs and Symptoms ... + Painful arc test ... pain + Hawkin's test ... #symptoms #msk
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
synthetic failure and ... /signs should be ... choice of pathway and ... in orange boxes and ... enzyme elevation and
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
autoimmune disorder ... life-threatening Differential ... /Edrophonium test ... - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign 2.
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Positive ANAAutoimmune ... should be interpreted ... context of other symptoms ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... pallor, dyspnea, and ... testing for anti-C3d and ... varicella, Citrobacter and ... hemoglobinemia and
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
of Lumbar Spine and ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... formation, systemic autoimmune ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... have other symptoms
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
of Peripheral and ... found in third and ... insufficiency (VBI) - Should ... varying neurologic signs ... Vertigo #Causes #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... signs of chronic ... Laboratory: • ANA ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
effusion, erythema and ... axial (spine, shoulders ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... taking a shower and