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Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Fever (75%) • Encephalopathy ... elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... can be detected ... ) Treatment:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... , Lyme, GBS, tumor ... CNS inflammatory cause ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Miller-Fisher GBS ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... PCB variants of GBS ... /Edrophonium test ... aspiration and acute ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
) Acute autoimmune ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... and sensitive tests ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... encephalopathy ... #differential #
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... of neurologic/cognitive ... Malnutrition, TIPS West ... Polyethylene glycol can be ... supplementation, IV
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... or diagnostic tests ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
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 ... - Emergency Causes ... cord infarct • HIV ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
tourniquet / IVF line draw ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... only if no clear cause ... mg) alone may be ... #potassium #nephrology