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SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
monocyte dysfunction/hypofunction ... injury: Glycocalyx loss ... • Symptoms: Fever
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... #Dysfunction #Loss
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Spectrum of Response
Non-response:
 • Histology: Persistent eosinophilia, ≥ 15 eos/hpf
 • Symptoms:
15 eos/hpf • Symptoms ... : Persistent symptoms ... decrease in a symptom ... : Decreased symptoms ... EREFS score ≥2 but less
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms and signs. 

Symptoms:

Weight loss, Increased appetite, Irritability/behaviour change, Restlessness, Malaise, Stiffness, Muscle weakness,
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms ... Symptoms: Weight ... loss, Increased ... Oligomenorrhoea, Loss ... bruit, Weight loss
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
 •
"pass out" • Symptoms ... Associated with loss ... spinning" • Symptoms ... or walking • Symptoms ... without faintness or loss
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
Constitutional symptoms ... Transient vision loss ... Permanent vision loss
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
with possible symptoms ... tenderness and loss ... effusion and chondral loss ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms ... Reproductive: Gonadal hypofunction ... Deficiency #Signs #Symptoms
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism - Symptoms and Signs
Hypothyroidism:
 - General - From asymptomatic to myxedema coma, “Like
Hyperthyroidism - Symptoms ... • Memory loss ... brittle and is lost ... • Weight loss ... #Hyperthyroid #Symptoms