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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... pain, numbness, decreased ... Diagnosis: - MRI
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... O2 delivery • MI ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... O2 delivery • MI ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Causes progressive ... - Fatigue and decreased ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... - Reflexes: decreased ... • Bilateral signs ... • Infectious causes ... #neurology #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... • Symptoms and signs ... Cauda equina- decreased ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... are needed: • HgbA1c ... or death (CARP, DECREASE ... medical and surgical management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management