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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
and Management Summary ... connective tissue disorder ... FHx • Imaging: CTA ... Diagnosis #Management #summary ... #treatment
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... o CML - bcr-able ... o Other bcr-able ... hematology #Markers #Differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... Connective tissue disorder ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... deficit • Shock Treatment
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
Summary of meta-analysis ... Meta-analyses of RCTs ... with ‘treatment ... summarised in Tables ... Effectiveness #Table
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Summary of actions ... during ocular surgery ... in ophthalmic surgery ... #Pharmacology #Table ... #Summary
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management Summary ... • Should be on differential ... • CT findings ... Management: SURGERY ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Lymphoproliferative disorders ... Myeloproliferative disorders ... proteolysis: Severe aortic ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #hematology #differential
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... - Infiltrative disorders ... Malignancy - CNS ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... • Rheumatic disorders ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment ... Thrombocytosis #Differential
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
completely different disorders ... scripts and initial treatment ... • Tx: urgent surgery ... conservative, surgery ... differences #diagnosis #table