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Pyloric Stenosis - Overview - Lightning Learning

Thickened pyloric muscle obstructing the passage of milk going into
Familial. ... Cause is unknown ... Stenosis #Diagnosis #Management
Hypermagnesemia - Diagnosis and Management

Hypermagnesemia is a serum magnesium concentration > 2.6 mg/dL.
Symptoms include hyporeflexia, hypotension,
Diagnosis and Management ... mortality in ICU Causes ... Hyperparathyroidism, Familial ... helpful in severe cases ... Hypermagnesemia #Diagnosis #Management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Primary HLH: • Familial ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... 100 mg/m2) : in case ... emergency, ICU in case ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Abnormal Lipid Profiles - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Increased Cholesterol and Triglycerides 
 - Genetic Causes
Familial ... Hyperlipidemia • Familial ... Hypercholesterolemia • Familial ... Hypercholesterolemia • Familial ... • Familial
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy (e.g., familial ... Management during ... Management during ... Management during
Familial Hypertension Syndromes

-  Dr. James Luther (@DrJMLuther)

#Inheritable #Familial #Hypertension #Syndromes #Comparison #Table #Diagnosis #Management
Familial Hypertension ... #Inheritable #Familial ... Table #Diagnosis #Management
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
alkalosis • Familial ... irrigation • Management ... Kidney stones caused
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Diagnosis Renal Causes ... Hypomagnesemia - Familial ... hypomagnesemia, Familial ... hypomagnesemia Renal Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism 
 • Possible Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... • Possible Familial ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Familial Dyslipidemias

 • Hyperchylomicronemia
 • Familial hypercholesterolemia
 • Dysbetalipoproteinemia
 • Hypertriglyceridemia

Sarah Lyon @sarahthelyon

#Familial #Dyslipidemias #lipidemia #cardiology
Familial Dyslipidemias ... Hyperchylomicronemia • Familial ... sarahthelyon #Familial