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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
Criteria for Patients Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) / COVID-19

Fever or signs/symptoms of lower
Fever or signs/symptoms ... breath) AND Any person ... within 14 days of symptom ... Fever and signs/symptoms ... COVID19 #Criteria #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
Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Can be caused by ... BuddChiari #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Signs ... #Symptoms
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
outbreak: - Case ... / # of people diagnosed ... (for a certain period ... with symptoms / ... symptoms Dr.
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
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
- May involve symptoms ... post-prandial period ... Extremely lean persons ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Timeline of COVID-19 Infections
Exposure: Day 0
Infectious Period Begins: 1 - 12 days after exposure (usually 3
0 Infectious Period ... usually 3 days) Symptoms ... after exposure Symptoms ... Infectious Period ... Infections #timeline #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
Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
many different causes ... the commonest cause ... Neurology #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis