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Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Can lead to shock ... #BuddChiari #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Signs #Symptoms
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
History in favor of CAP ... complicated by septic shock ... : Septic shock, ... Acquired #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
manifestations of anaphylaxis ... arrest, Kounis syndrome ... incontinence #anaphylaxis ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #criteria
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Criteria: • Elevated ... JAK2 mutation OR Abnormally ... , signs, and complications ... can include: ... • Treatment algorithms
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... lumbar spine Signs ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... /signs should be ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... criteria should
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Increased ESR and/or CRP ... Doppler US : halo sign ... efficacy of GCs Abnormal ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... differential #algorithm
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS)
 • Diagnosis Of CECS requires patient to undergo the same exertional
Exertional Compartment Syndrome ... (CECS) • Diagnosis ... criteria for CECS ... > 20 mmHg • Normal ... #signs #symptoms
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... acute coronary syndrome ... #algorithm #management