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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Regurgitation Primary ... cushion defects), Systemic ... deterioration, Occluder dysfunction ... Regurgitation #differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... heart disease Systolic ... dysfunction Diastolic ... dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
inhibitors - Primary ... renal tubular dysfunction ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Magnesium #Table #Classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... diagnosis #management #Overview ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... diagnosis #management #Overview ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... vasodilatation, myocardial dysfunction ... renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... Causes #Types #Classification
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
cardiac rhythm dysfunction ... Primary Cardiomyopathies ... of generalized systemic ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
sensory and motor systems ... Differential diagnosis ... cranial nerve dysfunction ... abnormal sensation, urinary ... dysfunction, sensory
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Equina Syndrome Overview ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... infections • primary ... constipation Differential ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... MR) Causes of primary ... malcoaptation and annulus dysfunction ... - Secondary to systemic ... #Functional #Differential