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Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Can be caused by ... #BuddChiari #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Signs #Symptoms
Differentiating Features Between Central and Peripheral Cyanosis

Mechanism - Arterial destauration
Sites - Skin, mucous membrane of oral
Temperature - Warm Clubbing ... therapy - Pulmonary cause ... - Cold clammy Clubbing ... Comparison #Signs #Symptoms
Marfan Syndrome - Signs and Symptoms

- Caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) Gene (chromosome 15)
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Marfan Syndrome ... - Signs and Symptoms ... - Caused by ... Dominant #Marfans #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... Inflammatory causes ... : • Susac syndrome
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Other causes should ... Sputum - Finger clubbing ... and frequency of symptoms
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Causes of Anterior ... Posner-Schlossman Syndrome ... HIA B27-related syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #ophthalmology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
altitude (eg, climbing ... gas equation • Causes ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... • Most common cause ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Hughes' Syndrome) 
Antiphospholipid syndrome - an autoimmune condition where the affected individual produces antibodies
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... (Hughes' Syndrome ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... It can cause arterial ... #APLS #Signs #Symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... inflammation Symptoms ... • Wheezing • Clubbing ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... constitutional symptoms ... Unresolved Radicular Symptoms ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes