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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... ) on room air Treatment ... no established medical ... #management #treatment ... #hepatology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... epilepticus Treatment ... BP lowering - Lower ... #management #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Lymphocytes • Median ... minimal tumor burden Diagnosis ... immunophenotype Clinical ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... #hemeonc #diagnosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
(chronic lung disease ... , left heart disease ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... who respond to medical ... #management #hepatology
Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
Patients with Clinical ... Peripheral Arterial Disease ... cuff ~2cm above medial ... #Measurement #vascular ... #arterial #disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... 4) progressive muscular ... - Medical time ... column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
Rheumatic pain Clinical ... joint and spine, & medium ... : • A clinical ... jaw Treatment ... osteoarticular and skin disease
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... : • + Clinical ... Occlusion of small to medium-sized ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... loss of teeth • Muscular ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology