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Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
Gitelman Syndrome ... Elevated Renin Urine Testing ... excretion of Cl > 0.5% Clinical ... dominant kidney disease ... Renal Imaging: - Normal
Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
Patients with Clinical ... Peripheral Arterial Disease ... suggested (e.g. ... • Considered normal ... peripheral #arterial #disease
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... decision for repeat testing ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical
Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Group for Behget's Disease ... period AND • Meeting ... ulcers - Ocular disease ... Behcet's - Abnormal ... test Most Common Clinical
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... Metabolic alkalosis • Normal ... renal potassium wasting ... • Autoimmune disease
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Clinical Manifestations ... disorders • Testing ... testing Lab ... poisoning, Parkinson's disease ... Baclofen • Severe Disease
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... typing Cardiac Testing
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
(AV blocks) - ECG ... There is "group-beating ... • This is a clinically ... advanced conduction disease ... AVBlock #cardiology #ekg
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating.
or A-fib) is an abnormal ... brief periods of abnormal ... The disease is associated ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #EKG #AtrialFibrillation