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Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Preterm Infant Complications ... - Differential ... Tachypnea of the Newborn ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Disease
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver Disease ... (Cirrhosis) - Complications ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Infant (Floppy Newborn ... ) - Differential ... • Metabolic Diseases ... Other Congenital Syndromes ... #Differential #
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
of Nutritional Complications ... Switch (BPD-DS) Management ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... Gallstones • Liver Disease ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Seizure Late onset complications ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Management ... Antibiotics for severe disease ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... autoinflammatory diseases ... , Schnitzler) Complications ... #diagnosis #management
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Diagnosis and Management ... Activation: Liver disease ... , Kidney Disease ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... endocrinology #differential
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... TB, parasitic, complications ... neurocognitive disease ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... (STSS) Complication ... of invasive GAS disease ... #Toxic #Shock #Syndrome ... STSS #treatment #management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... workup #diagnosis #differential