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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... • Thiamine B1 ... gestation • Vitamin B12 ... differential #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Recommended Follow-up of Treated Syphilis Cases

EVIDENCE OF TREATMENT FAILURE OR POSSIBLE REINFECTION
• Persistence or recurrence of
recurrence of signs ... ) by 6-12 months ... development of signs ... ) by 12—24 months ... Failure #Treatment #Management
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs ... , Symptoms and Management ... Clinical Presentation ... hepatomegaly - normal ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... Present in foods ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... Deficiency #diagnosis #management ... #nutrition
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Diagnosis and Management ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms/ ... axillary and inguinal folds ... erosions in ~20% Management
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
Beevor's Sign on ... Exam Beevor's sign ... is abnormal upward ... lesions between T9-T12 ... PhysicalExam #clinical
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Algorithm for the Management ... per minute) or abnormal ... blood cell count (<12 ... or those with clinical ... SSTIs #Algorithm #Management
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
The nail folds are ... the Fingers Clinically ... Nail #Diseases #Abnormal ... Pathology #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Signs #PhysicalExam
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... • Symptoms and signs ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... dysfunction • Abnormal
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management