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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... + Bleeding Treatment ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes ... #treatment #management
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Causes of Adrenal ... Insufficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... #Causes
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Factors that May ... Oxygenation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uteroplacental Dysfunction ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... remission • Risk factors ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... dehydration as a factor ... /other causes •
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
    •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sensate • Focus ... #Male #Differential ... endocrinology #causes
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
observed in the clinical ... They are caused ... by either overt dysfunction ... by overt dysfunction ... precipitating factors
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... serotonergic-noradrenergic dysfunction ... Risk factors: age ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
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TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
patientsl • Risk factors ... : Critical illness ... without other cause ... : 33% • Treatment ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
unclear, endothelial dysfunction ... precipitating factor ... Risk factors 3. ... Reversible course Differential ... • Treatment of
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... permanent organ dysfunction ... Treatment depends ... maintained fever CAUSES ... #Hyperthermia #Differential