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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... syndrome • Systemic lupus
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... 5) History of acute ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
(GBS) Acute autoimmune ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... Immune response can be ... than one after symptom ... and cauda equina TREATMENT
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... febrile neutrophilic dermatosis ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... ’s syndrome - Lupus ... Treatment: - Systemic
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... DDX: • Epstein-Barr ... antibodies can be ... antibody test) Treatment
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #neurology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... gradually with symptoms ... Mortality has been ... diagnosis #management #Toxicology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... CNS inflammatory cause ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Confusion, visual symptoms ... ocular lesions: keratitis ... unintentional weight loss, nausea ... albicans • Epstein Barr ... IRIS with severe symptoms