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Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult and Pediatrics

Check on the health of a newborn baby using the
Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult ... the health of a newborn ... scoring system best ... based on the signs ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs ... rest tumor formation ... bone density, Adult ... #Symptoms #diagnosis ... #endocrinology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... clue • Blood tests ... ACTH stimulation test ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
dexamethasone suppression test ... Hormone • MRI of adrenal ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #endocrinology ... #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Adrenal Incidentalomas: Hormone Evaluation
 • Zona Glomerulosa: Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
    - Aldosterone and renin
Adrenal Incidentalomas ... Fasciculata: Cushing Syndrome ... dexamethasone test ... Hormone #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #workup #endocrinology
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ... Dexamethasone Suppression Test ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
- Diagnosis and ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST: ... #Management #Endocrinology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Epidemiology: • Young adults ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
in the west • ... Physical Exam/Signs ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... • Richter’s Syndrome ... leukemia • Sezary syndrome
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... hypertension and signs ... bruit or signs ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis