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Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... size, coarsening facial ... GH stimulates liver ... (hypothalamic hamartoma ... Differential Diagnosis
Hyponatremia - Differential Algorithm
Isotonic Hyponatremia: Hyperlipidemia, Hyperproteinemia, Recent TURP
Hypotonic Hyponatremia: 
 • Hypovolemia: Diuretics/Nephropathies, Vomiting, Diarrhea,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Heart Failure, Liver ... Nephrotic Syndrome, Chronic ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #sodium #low
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
weakness, left facial ... it possible to differentiate ... acute from the chronic ... from that on the chronic ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Normal/low ... metabolic acidosis • Chronic ... settings, the urine sodium ... the excretion of sodium ... #differential #
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
approach to the differential ... correction of chronic ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #sodium
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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symptoms: • Severe low ... sequestration • epidural hematoma ... constipation Differential ... Equina #syndrome #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
with abd pain/low ... POCUS Liver TRV ... considered within differential ... Note on the axial ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound