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Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Most cases diagnosed ... Adult form: Less ... Low ALP in adult ... mineralization Symptoms ... : - respiratory
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... eye; unilateral symptoms ... (pain, photophobia ... More common in adults ... #infectiousdiseases
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... Rhabdomyolysis: • Trauma ... #Management #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... arthritis • Adult
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome • Syndrome caused ... fractures in young adults ... • Diagnosis: ... H/O antecedent trauma ... - Intense pain
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... weight • Chest pain ... Most Common Causes ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... is abnormal in adults
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... Pleuritic chest pain ... be initiated in adults
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Infections
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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Prolonged stress or trauma ... sweating, trembling, nausea ... dyspnea, chest pain ... Hyperventilation -> respiratory ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Management