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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... investigations depending on clinical ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... #causes
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... nerve components ... or the axon of peripheral ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... , bradycardia, urinary ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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encephalitis, and primary ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... the absence of treatment ... symptoms, positive serology ... Thin and thick peripheral ... - Primary Regimens
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
are 2 additional components ... : targeted neurologic ... disposition, even if the cause ... is peripheral. ... nervous system; PCP, primary
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... - Causes progressive ... (3) primary lateral ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
characterized by PERIPHERAL ... cause. ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
presented to the urology ... clinic with a 2 ... had completed treatment ... Causes of colovesical ... #video #urology
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DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
causing varied neurologic ... • Clinical Types ... Progressive (SPMS) - Primary ... autoimmune/infectious causes ... Demyelinating #diseases #neurology