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Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
APS is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by recurring blood clots resulting from antibodies
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... present Treatment (EULAR ... Guidelines): • Anticoagulation ... Antiphospholipid #Syndrome ... #management #anticoagulation
Low-dose aspirin and low-molecular-weight heparin in lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) pregnancy

• No previous history of
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... (APS) pregnancy ... : EULAR Recommendations ... Antiphospholipid #Syndrome ... #Obstetrics #Anticoagulation
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation ... Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation ... - Behcet's disease ... - APLS - ... - May-Thurner syndrome
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver Disease ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) • Hepatorenal ... Syndrom (HRS) ... Complications #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... HPS - Diagnosis ... Patients with liver disease ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... refractory lesions Ocular ... immunosuppressive meds • +/- Anticoagulation ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
Diagnosis and Management ... Activation: Liver disease ... , Kidney Disease ... - Autoimmune: APS ... - DiGeorge Syndrome
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... mutations - Down syndrome ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Diagnosis and Management ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease ... diagnosis #algorithm #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... spondyloarthritis • Ocular ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Reactive Arthritis, AS ... #diagnosis #management