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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... severe clinical ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Amyloidosis - Nutritional ... deficiency Work ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
typically 10-15 year-olds ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... Whipple, vitamin deficiency ... MRI, iADL scale, ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Dementia - 2nd cause
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP cases ... 1st line: CT or MRI ... sensitivity) Clinical ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... leukodystrophy w/ deficiency ... Krabbe #Disease #Diagnosis ... #MRI #Clinical
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Foods 6. ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency ... Present in foods ... • Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... #nutrition
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Clinical ... Manifestations Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: -