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Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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, home) - Continued ... situations - Continued ... • Withdrawal symptoms ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Graves’ Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
B & T lymphocyte mediated autoimmunity attack TSH receptor -> Continuous
TSH receptor -> Continuous ... etiology Signs/Symptoms ... endocrinology #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
• Time Course: Continuous ... yet imprecise symptom ... #differential #diagnosis
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... mild, usually continuous ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the diagnostic ... Timing of the symptom ... that provoke the symptom ... spontaneous episodic, or continuous ... #Diagnosis #Dizzy
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Time course and symptoms ... Neuritis: - Timing: Continuous ... #differential #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
less systemic symptoms ... /full triad at diagnosis ... myopathy patients continue ... Autoimmune #Myositis #diagnosis
STRESS RESPONSE CONTINUUM
READY: 
 • Sense of mission, Spiritually and emotionally well, Physically healthy, Emotionally available,
STRESS RESPONSE CONTINUUM ... Exhausted, Physical symptoms ... STRESS #RESPONSE #CONTINUUM ... #diagnosis #ems
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
minute for BPPV; continuous ... weeks, months (continuous ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... findings #signs #symptoms
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... , modified, or continued ... disorders • Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis