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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
brain, eye, and ear ... and less common diseases ... important, as early diagnosis ... • Acute disseminated ... #differential #diagnosis
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Evolution Acute ... - Recurrent disease ... flares - 2-year ... SusacSyndrome #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rheumatology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Giant retinal tears ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... and progressive Acute ... : ACUTE, fever, ... #Management #Signs
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... Immobilization) • Acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Headache Syndromes ... venous thrombosis Near ... movement • TMJ disease ... Temporal arteritis or acute ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... cases/100,000 per year ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... variants: (1) acute ... #diagnosis #management
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome ... • Diagnosis of ... irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
of cholestatic disease ... Elevation of ALP • Near ... Alcoholic liver disease ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis