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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome (SPS ... dysfunction - hyperpyrexia ... - People with SPS ... Person #Syndrome #SPS
Malignant Hyperpyrexia
A rare complciation of halothane or suxamethonium.
Predisposition to developing this is inherited (autosomal dominant).

#Malignant #Hyperpyrexia
Malignant Hyperpyrexia ... #Malignant #Hyperpyrexia
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
Causes of Hyperpyrexia ... Questions @WuidQ #Hyperpyrexia
Colonoscopy Followup Intervals 
10 years: Normal colonoscopy, ≥ 20 HP < 10mm
7-10 years: 1-2 adenomas <
-10 years: 1-2 SSPs ... adenomas, 5-10 SSPs ... , Adenoma or SSP ... grade dysplasia, SSP ... 10 adenomas SSPs
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
Streptococcus sp ... Streptococcus sp ... , Enterococcus spp ... Streptococcus spp
Morphology and Descriptions of Fungal Infections with Hyphae or Pseudohyphae in Tissues
Yeasts with Pseudohyphae: 
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, Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... , Trichoderma spp ... , Fonsecaea spp, ... , Exophiala spp,
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Bacterial: Staph spp ... , Strep spp, Pseudomonas ... spp, Bartonella ... Fungal: Candida spp ... , Aspergillus spp
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
, Coccidioides spp ... , Coccidioides spp ... ; Actinomyces spp ... R.equi, Aspergillus spp ... ., Nocardia spp.
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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pattern: - SjS ... Raynaud phenomenon, SjS ... conditions - Sp ... PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS ... polar: - SLE, SjS
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
of Coccidioides spp ... however Candida spp ... , Fusarium spp, ... Scedosporium spp ... , Fonsecaea spp,