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Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
: • Based on clinical ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... in myasthenic crisis ... - Improves clinical ... #management #neurology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... X-ray and lung ultrasound ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... (vital signs, clinical ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... • Hypertensive crisis ... may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... #management #neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... #management #neurology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
(SRC) Clinical ... of arteries Management ... Initiate ACEi (short-acting ... #rheumatology #nephrology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Inhalation of spores ... : • Serology for ... #Management #Infections
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
advanced liver disease ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... Hepatorenal #Syndrome #Hepatology ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
tubule (DCT) Clinical ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... • Autoimmune disease ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management