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Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
is an autoimmune ... Hodgkin lymphoma - Autoimmune ... life-threatening Differential ... Serologic and EMG ... acute respiratory failure
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential ... : High altitude ... to neurologic injury ... • There are gravity-dependent ... #hypoxia #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... And BMP Normal Values ... salicylates) R Renal failure ... /Chronic renal failure ... GBS, Myasthenia gravis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... to bolus these values ... liver or renal injury ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
So high index of ... Predisposing conditions: Autoimmune ... left-sided heart valves ... in up to 30% of cases ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
with previously stable ... values. 3. ... papilledema, heart failure ... or acute kidney injury ... #Differential #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
regurgitation • Autoimmune ... New-onset Heart Failure ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Injury By: • Early ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
OnePager Summary Autoimmune ... (DAH) & renal failure ... quantify renal injury ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Goodpasture's cause
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... regurgitation • Autoimmune ... New-onset heart failure ... Septic emboli cause ... injury by: • Early
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Congestive heart failure ... Autoimmune: Addison's ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High