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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Congenita • Guillain-Barré ... Syndrome • Muscular ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Clinical Features ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... heart disease Causes ... more intensive treatment
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Algorithm Dietary ... Congenita • Guillan-Barré ... Syndrome #Constipation ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... , and Guillain-Barre ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... and EMG Findings ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... during Delivery • Stable ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #cardiology #treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... renal failure Clinical ... (e.g. incidental ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... Clinical Manifestations ... Treatment: • ... #Management #treatment