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Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... cyanosis, decreased level ... Treatment: Single ... Croup #Diagnosis #Management ... #pediatrics #peds
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Diagnosis and Management ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... • Caused by liver ... other causes of neurologic
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... hyperthermia crisis (late sign ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... blood • Hypoxic encephalopathy ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... mild (malaise, fever ... Romana's sign ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential