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Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
(SPS) - Diagnosis ... Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... Syndrome - Diagnosis ... sleep DDx: • Neuromyotonia ... Syndrome #SPS #Diagnosis
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... • Person-to-person ... previously healthy person ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis
Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week period, depressed
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disorder • 2 week period ... in context of personal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Psychiatry #Causes
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
truly diseased persons ... will correctly diagnose ... a case, or the ... that any given case ... proportion of persons
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... • Direct person-to-person ... • Incubation period ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... , Weight loss Diagnosis
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Causes ... #Nausea #Vomiting
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists - Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action: Stimulate glucose-dependent insulin release from the pancreas (GLP-1
injection (ER version ... Contraindications: • Personal ... thyroid cancer • Personal ... e.g. diarrhea, nausea ... not definitively cause
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
information = Person ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology