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Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... simple arithmetic calculations ... patient is still able ... to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
that any given case ... implies being able ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... #Table #PPV #NPV ... #Formulas #Statistics
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... cardioversion Stable ... Identification and correction ... of reversible causes ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... standardized conditions (correction ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... Screening #Workup #table
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #Algorithm #differential ... proteinuria #nephrotic #syndrome
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
perfect positive correlation ... , 0 = no correlation ... but not on the causal ... Biostatistics #formulas ... #calculations #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... CTA • Anterior circulation ... the underlying cause ... • Magnesium correction ... with AEDs until cause
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm