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Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Department Clinical Features ... Diagnostics and Treatment ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... Diagnosis Clinical Features ... Factor + Clinical Features ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Features Required ... or hyporeflexia Features ... Elevated CSF protein Features ... spectrum disorders Features ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... acquired forms of haemophagocytic ... A subset of hemophagocytic ... Histopathologic features ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
, Burst Fracture ... Stable fractures ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... bear Unstable fractures ... Cauda equina Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... annually in US Features ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical Features ... demyelination features ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #neurology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ... Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... • Bicytopenia Treatment ... • Supportive measures ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGUS) - Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic-Centered:
 (+) Systemic Features: POEMS, AL amyloid, Cryoglobulinemia
Differential Diagnosis Neurologic-Centered ... (+) Systemic Features ... (-) Systemic Features ... capillary leak syndrome ... • Schnitzler syndrome
Hypernatremia Classification and Features According to Volume Status
 - Hypervolemic hypernatremia - Cushing's syndrome, Primary hyperaldosteronism,
Classification and Features ... hypernatremia - Cushing's syndrome ... Classification #Features ... Comparison #Table #Nephrology