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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
diarrhoea, Short bowel syndrome ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis ... #riskfactors #symptoms ... #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... due to chronic disease ... overload) Other Symptoms ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
CNS symptoms (headache ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... • Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
variability in disease ... mood - Primary treatment ... #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Psychiatry
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
decompensated liver disease ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... (Peds) - Primary ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Triad of symptoms ... urine • Other symptoms ... disease 2. ... urine output: 200 ml
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Pathophysiology ... Anti-GAD Ab (>1000u/ml ... Treatment: • ... Baclofen • Severe Disease ... #Management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
Overwhelming clinical syndrome ... age, however the disease ... HLH signs and symptoms ... Ferritin >500 ng/mL ... • Bicytopenia Treatment