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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... cases/100,000 per year ... Clinical Features ... Can begin in arms ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... per 100,000 per year ... Immune response can ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ... The definitive treatment ... WolffParkinsonWhite #WPW #Cardiology ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical ... #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
on her chest (photo ... There is an extra ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Primary Syphilis
Usually, a single ulcer (chancre) appears at the site where the bacteria entered the body.
these ulcers also can ... Sometimes, lymph nodes near ... develop at the spot ... Syphilis #Chancres #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
correct profile can ... to be in ADHF starts ... excess volume can ... acute coronary syndrome ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... Contraception counseling should ... started, patients should ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... TB IRIS which can ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... albicans • Epstein Barr
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
This condition can ... Patient underwent a diagnostic ... Treatments are aimed ... The syndrome of ... #video #ophthalmology
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... with pruritus. can ... No treatment is ... Cure rates near ... #photo