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Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
• Aortic valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... catheterization • Thoracic ... #diagnosis #management ... #vascular
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection ... Diagnose with CTA ... Call CV Surgeon. ... #treatment #aorta ... #vascular
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
cryptococcosis • Bacterial ... Rosai-Dorfman disease ... Dural venous sinus distention ... hypotension - Secondary ... lumbar puncture or surgery
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... swollen, painful = bacterial ... cervical, anal Cxs
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Secondary Amyloidosis ... Imaging and Treatment ... Rx of choice: surgery ... palliatively with arterial
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
basal ganglia, CNS ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Disease: Arterial ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
. 2) Secondary ... Symmetric macular ... meningovascular disease ... Aortitis, ascending thoracic ... stages #diagnosis #management
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Distinguish from secondary ... advanced liver disease ... SBP #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Signs: 50% pts ... , and, rarely, secondary ... of anesthesia, surgery ... disease: Management ... and then surgery
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... • Secondary AEF ... extravasation of contrast material ... Management: SURGERY ... #Summary #vascular