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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic failure ... Cardiac Testing: • EKG ... • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
High altitude (eg ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... Intrapulmonary shunting (eg ... intracardiac shunting (eg ... , atrial or ventricular
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
rigidity, spasm - axial ... - Stiffness in axial ... unit activity on EMG ... of diazepam • EMG ... TPO, TTG, etc EMG
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Congestive heart failure ... Valvular disease (e.g ... Cardiomegaly • Heart failure ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Common Ulcers of the Ankles and Feet

Chronic Venous Insuffciency 
This condition usually appears over the medial
Ulcers of the Ankles ... appears over the medial ... Arterial Insuffciency ... areas of trauma (e.g ... diabetic neuropathy, neurologic
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
possibly renal failure ... of diagnosis (e.g ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... polyarthritis(symmetrical, ankles ... iridocyclitis) and facial
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
thyroid, Sjogren syndrome ... - Brain stem/Cranial ... Serologic and EMG ... acute respiratory failure ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... (DAH) & renal failure ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... recent DAN) • EMG ... blood retum in serial
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
camera detects radio ... History of heart failure ... significantly worse on echocardiogram ... when baseline EKG ... Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome