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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #criteria
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... Focal findings on neurologic ... - Fever, SIRS criteria ... AlteredMentalStatus #Delirium #Management ... #Algorithm
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... if concern for nodular ... specific, so if positive ... workup choices AND management ... Hyperthyroid #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
What Is IRIS ... specific diagnostic criteria ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Ocular syphilis ... patients with positive ... patients have positive ... serology but do ... not meet criteria
Adie’s Tonic Pupil on Physical Exam

A young female was referred in for a sudden onset anisocoria.
Her ocular exam ... control of the iris ... pilocarpine which if positive ... #physicalexam #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
subtypes: - Nodular ... characteristically CD30 positive ... and usually CD15 positive ... through Ann Arbor criteria ... hematology #oncology #management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
antibodies - MuSK-positive ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
Care Medicine algorithm ... electroencephalogram, FPR false-positive ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neurology #CriticalCare ... Neuroprognostication #Prognosis #Algorithm