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Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... transformation into AML ... aspirin • Aspirin should ... #Management #Summary ... #treatment #hematology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
and Management ... MRI: ON- focal, anterior ... Typical MS-like ON: should ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology #
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Diagnosis and Treatment ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... of correction should ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #management #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... • All patients ... be performed in all ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... Step 3: All patients ... including liver and hematologic ... #management #hepatology
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
of hands/feet, knees ... , shoulders Signs ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... exam and imaging Treatment ... #management #rheumatology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... on MRA/CTA • Anterior ... Reversible course Differential ... count in the CSF should ... #management #neurology
Foster Maneuver (half somersault maneuver) for Treatment of BPPV
Some patient find this maneuver more easier with
maneuver) for Treatment ... while you're on all ... turned to the shoulder ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #physicalexam #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Incidence: common in APL ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... initiation • Differential ... Renal Failure Treatment ... #management #hematology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
positional vertigo (BPPV ... insufficiency (VBI) - Should ... Occlusion of posterior inferior ... Vertigo #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology