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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
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
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
Our patient was exposed to burning sumac smoke while clearing out her yard .  Toxicodendron
same resin in poison ... ivy and poison ... Poison ivy has a ... the smoke can cause ... Clinical #EM #Tox #Radiology
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
examples of the cause ... Regurgitation #MR #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Acute ... #Differential #Cardiology
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Causes • ... out differential diagnosis ... : Ischernic cause ... #Causes #cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Failure - Causes ... and Differential Diagnosis ... • Other HFpEF Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #HFrEF
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
information = Person ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology