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Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Causes of Atrial ... drugs - Thyroid dysfunction ... AFib #Cardiology #Pathophysiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
protein C and S Pathophysiology ... 64%) • Renal dysfunction ... • Respiratory dysfunction ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... Pathophysiology: ... serotonergic-noradrenergic dysfunction
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Compensatory muscular dysfunction ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... bladder/bowel dysfunction ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Encephalopathy, Cognitive Dysfunction ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... autoantibodies that will cause
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... significant CNS dysfunction ... CNS dysfunction ... 104 F - CNS dysfunction ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... Skull expansion causes ... middle ear bones causes ... middle ear dysfunction ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... , Hb), Hepatic dysfunction ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... 100 mg/m2) : in case ... emergency, ICU in case
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bowel or bladder dysfunction ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... Autonomic Dysfunction ... Bowel/Bladder dysfunction ... • Infectious causes