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Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
/or suspicious clinical ... symptoms/signs ... body mass index; FBC ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... /Edrophonium test ... - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign 2. ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... fraction < 20% Differential ... abnormalities • Muscular ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
intrapulmonary vascular ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... 10 minutes of rest ... Intra-pulmonary vascular ... #treatment #hepatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... the “Chewing gum test ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... 4) progressive muscular ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... or dilated) • Valvular ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and relief of IVC ... #cardiology #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #neurology #differential
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... #Rheumatology