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Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
for Piriformis Syndrome ... Test #Piriformis #Syndrome ... #lumbar #sciatica ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
nerve roots of lumbar ... - Emergency Causes ... cord infarct • HIV ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... bulbar muscles ... • Weakness: Starts ... axonal form • MRI
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... DIAGNOSIS: • Lumber ... - Spinal MRI may ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... anterior chest wall, parts ... axial skeleton-sacroiliac ... Rule out other causes ... - MRI: inflammation
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
pneumonia (PJP), MAI ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... dyspnea • Lobar ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... factor • May cause
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... thickening can cause ... of patients MRI ... Secondary: iatrogenic (lumbar ... brain sagging syndrome
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... with obstruction and ... bowel resection (short ... (tuberculosis, MAI ... Cytomegalovirus, HIV
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
DISLOCATION: ~25% cases ... Check hip and ankle ... Compartment syndrome ... special ligament/meniscus ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic