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SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
monocyte dysfunction/hypofunction ... CLINICAL RECOGNITION ... CLINICAL FEATURES ... mental status DIAGNOSIS ... Septic #Shock #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... eyes • Salivary hypofunction ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... salivary ducts Clinical
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
of dopaminergic hypofunction ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing #Syndrome #diagnosis ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Causes ... #Nausea #Vomiting
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... a dramatic clinical
Causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding - An Illustrated Differential Diagnosis

#Diagnosis #Differential #UpperGI #Bleeding #Diagram #Causes

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Causes of upper ... Illustrated Differential Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis # ... Bleeding #Diagram #Causes ... Kumar and Clark's Clinical