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Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Tolerance • Type ... I Diabetes • Type ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... Trauma, Surgery, ... Burns, Sepsis)
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... - Compartment syndrome ... - Sepsis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... nervous system (CNS ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... incontinence • SENSES ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... IV RTA, TYPE I ... salivary ducts Clinical ... nephritis • Distal (Type ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
allowed the CV surgeon ... the confirmatory CTA ... and standard treatment ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... SuprasternalNotch #AorticFlap #Aorta
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
circulation and its ... Consider Sepsis, ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Related to the type ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
the most common clinical ... Large vessels (aorta ... Diagnosis: • Clinical ... Antibodies to type ... affected tissue Treatment