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Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
interarticularis stress ... S1 => Weakened stability ... (Stork test) ... Spondylolisthesis #MSK #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... gastrointestinal distress ... - hemodynamic instability ... #Management
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... environmental heat stress ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #stroke
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Likewise, stress ... is likely the best ... and promote Lung rest ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #differential #causes
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes ... #management #neurology
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
fantastically useful test ... as the critical diagnostic ... witnessed many cases ... universal first steps ... #Management #Trauma