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Caustic Ingestion

Extent Of injury by caustic agents determined by 
• Duration ot tissue contact 
• Ability
Caustic Ingestion ... Extent Of injury by caustic ... Concentration Clinical ... degree burns #Caustic ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
also occur after caustic ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management
Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) 
Clinical 
 • Hearing loss and tinnitus (Cochlear nerve) 
 • Ataxia
Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic ... Neuroma) Clinical ... Facial nerve) Management ... Vestibular #Schwannoma #Acoustic
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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Pancreatic cystic ... pseudocysts and cystic ... histological and clinical ... #Pancreatic #cystic ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #management
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... Virus, measles, Cystic ... Sjögren, SLE, Cystic ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Melanoma, Coal dust, Caustic ... Klebsiella, pneumoniae) Management ... esophagus #diagnosis #management
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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- Secondary to caustic ... - Secondary to caustic ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
zoster, Toxic or caustic ... impingement, Toxic or caustic
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... blunt trauma, caustic ... ChestPain #Diagnosis #Management
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Disease (LCDD), Cystic ... @nickmmark #Cystic