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Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... abdominal pain, nausea ... ) at the doses required ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... confirmatory lab testing and ... expedite treatment ... Disease #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... suspected - TSH and ... Revascularization, treatment ... for acute MI if ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... • MRI shows globular ... • Treatment for ... Disease #clinical #mri
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... cauda equina TREATMENT ... ventilation is required
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... epilepticus Treatment ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
mucinous signal on MRI ... surgery usually not required ... - Can cause ... knee #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment