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Assessing and referring complications following bariatric surgery #Management #Diagnosis #IM #PrimaryCare #Bariatrics #GastricBypass #BariatricSurgery #Complications #RouxEnY
Assessing and referring ... bariatric surgery #Management ... #Diagnosis #IM ... #PrimaryCare #Bariatrics
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Hansen's Disease ... few or absent AFB ... , lymphocytes, and ... numerous AFB Treatment ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Valvular heart disease ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Management Summary ... - Detection of AFB ... intervention CMC IM ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
Myeloma Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... demineralization) • Renal disease ... also >100 CMC IM ... Myeloma #Diagnosis #Management
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... relapse No specific ... 0.6 mg/kg/day) - Relapse ... IgG4 #Related #Disease ... #diagnosis #management
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Congenital heart disease ... • Mitral valve prolapse ... acquired heart disease ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
JNC8 blood pressure goals for the treatment of hypertension are a lot simpler than they may
years or older and ... chronic kidney disease ... controversial and ... #hypertension #management ... #guidelines #primarycare
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... NAFLD or liver disease ... liver fibrosis; FIB ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... algorithm #Referral #Management
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS)
Definition: 
 • Severe adverse drug reaction, characterized by
Exanthematous Pustulosis Management ... withdrawal • Mild disease ... treatment • Severe disease ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... dermatology #diagnosis #management