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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Menkes disease • Nutritional ... of copper-rich foods ... Total parenteral nutrition ... /jejunal nutrition ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Most specific for diagnosing ... both in enteral nutrition ... ), Foods (tea, milk ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Clinical Manifestations and Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption of Various Nutrients

#Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis #differential #table #nutrition
Clinical Manifestations ... Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis ... differential #table #nutrition
POCUS diagnosis of acute appendicitis:
(1) Blind-ended
(2) Target shaped tubular structure
(3) Originating from the cecum
(4) Non-compressible
(5) Non-peristalsing
POCUS diagnosis ... of acute appendicitis ... @eabramsMD #Appendicitis ... Abdominal #Appendix #Clinical
Skin Mottling - Staging
1 - Modest mottling area (coin size)
2 - Moderate area that does not
extend beyond groin fold ... Goes beyond groin fold ... Mottling #Staging #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Stages ... #Clinical
Scarlet fever
• Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure
• Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally
fossae and axillary folds ... Scarlet #fever #diagnosis ... #clinical #photo
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... #differential #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... may cause severe clinical ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... Mild to 10-20-fold ... post-partum • Typical clinical ... Mild to 10-20-fold ... #differential #diagnosis
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... axillary and inguinal folds ... Bullous #Pemphigoid #Diagnosis