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Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... upper limit of normal ... Viral) Management ... regarding need for treatment ... #Management #Hepatology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... & Dry) is the treatment ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... sx overlap with normal ... support for patients clinically ... #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... #management #treatment
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... Clinical Manifestations ... Oligoclonal bands • Normal ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... #Management #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... 50 in GCA, but normal ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA ... #Management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... #management #neurology
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory ... #clinical
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG)
50 M Crohn’s dz had a small pustule on the ankle 4 mo ago
Diagnosis? ... Management of PG ... corticosteroid (eg ... PG secondary treatment ... #photo #dermatology