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Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
penetrate the CNS ... motility • Reverses CNS ... antidepressants • Reverses CNS ... penetrate the CNS ... Cholinergic #Agonists #Pharmacology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... HIV-Associated CNS ... treatment is generally ... Demyelinating disease
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... thickening can cause ... Neurosyphilis • CNS ... pachymeningitis • CNS ... lumbar puncture or surgery
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
nervous system (CNS ... and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... #inflammatory #differential
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
published looking at CNS ... treat susceptible CNS ... of CNS infections ... #Penetration #CNS ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... • Cushing's Disease ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Anorexia Nervosa • CNS ... endocrinology #causes
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
, Trauma, Surgery ... uropathy, Metabolic causes ... Treatment is aimed ... Classification #Types ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... urine, sweat) - its ... presentations and disease ... regional ischemia, surgery ... before beginning treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... • 8%-27% for CNS ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... nervous system (CNS ... and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... noninflammatory #differential