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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Signs, Symptoms ... and Management ... Clinical Presentation ... - conduction disease ... #Signs #Symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... should be done in ALL ... - Detection of AFB
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... whipplei Symptoms ... and Signs: 1. ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Passive neck flexion causes ... flexion occurs as ... despite severe disease ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... #cardiology #algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
/STS/STR Clinical ... there are any signs ... /symptoms of worsening ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... such as reflex ... further guide management ... orthostatic vital sign ... should be guided by clinical
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... - Causes progressive ... course of the disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... #management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... diet/deficiency symptoms ... fatigue despite disease ... /other causes • ... #diagnosis #management
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... , signs, and complications ... • Treatment algorithms ... von Willebrand disease ... #Management #Summary