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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome ... : • Suspected Cushing ... ARUPConsult @ARUPLabs #Cushing ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
Drugs Causing Acute ... rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
of dopaminergic hypofunction ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
release neurotoxin causing ... URT -> Vigorous coughing ... replicates within CNS causing ... within GI and URT causes ... Maternal viremia causes
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Consider using the mnemonic “D.O.P.E.S. like D.O.T.T.S.” to assist you in first diagnosing the problem (D.O.P.E.S.)
Consider using the ... lecture on the Crashing ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Crashing #Ventilated
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... , work or when using ... Hypertension Secondary Causes ... Glucocorticoid excess (Cushing ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping

Note cup-to-disc ratio at least 0.8 (physiologic limit of 0.5).

Thinning of optic disc
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping ... Usual cause is glaucoma ... Glaucoma causes ... #OpticDisc #Cupping
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... Plan definitive management ... left shoulder but using ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Syncope - Cerebral hypoperfusion leading to transient lsos of consciousness causing alck of postural tone with
consciousness causing ... • Non-syncopal cause ... 20%) • Unclear cause ... differential #diagnosis #management