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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... , Acute spinal cord ... finding in spinal cord ... injury, Early ALS ... #diagnosis #table
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
pulmonary disease (COPD ... Overview of various ... patients with COPD ... are approved for clinical ... long-term outcomes or comparison
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... skin contact with cold ... #table
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
COPD phenotypes: ... stereotypical forms of COPD ... physiology and clinical ... overlap syndrome of COPD ... #Diagnosis #COPD
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... of the spinal cord ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal Cord ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... heavy metals), Critical ... poisoning, Scorpion sting
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... enzyme 21-OHase causes ... glands • Salt wasting ... Late (shock): cold ... #21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death Common Clinical ... Ext: warm vs. cold ... diagnosis #management #Overview ... #differential #causes
Hypophosphatemia and Hypoxia - Pathophysiology

↓ Phosphate leads to ↓ red cell 2,3-DPG and a  reduction
and Hypoxia - Pathophysiology ... is a cause of refractory ... phosphorus is seen in COPD ... renal phosphorus wasting ... patients with COPD
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death Common Clinical ... Ext: warm vs. cold ... diagnosis #management #Overview ... #differential #causes