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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... - assess other laboratory ... before beginning treatment ... #Elevation #Differential
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Semont Liberatory ... Maneuver for Treatment ... #Semont #Liberatory ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Semont Liberatory ... Maneuver for Treatment ... #Semont #Liberatory ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... elevated protein level ... persistent altered level ... epilepticus Treatment
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
plasma insulin (treatment ... Renal tubular acidosis ... , Heat stroke, Fever ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Foster Maneuver (half somersault maneuver) for Treatment of BPPV
Some patient find this maneuver more easier with
Foster Maneuver ... ) for Treatment ... your head so it's level ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... back pain at/near level ... defined sensory level ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Renal tubular acidosis ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology