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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Clinical Features ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... Diagnosis: • ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Motor Nerves: ALS ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Signs:
 • hyperCalcemia 28% (bone demineralization)
 • Renal disease 48%
and Management ... Summary Clinical ... demineralization) • Renal disease ... - Clonal bone marrow ... if FLC value is also
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... specific therapy, the clinician ... #management #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... , Clonus, Spasticity ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... from subclinical disease ... to acute liver ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... #Management #Hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Liver diseases ... and M panel Management ... infections (Epstein-Barr ... #management
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... benign causes such as ... reflex syncope ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... numbness, decreased reflexes ... should be done in ALL ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
asymptomatic at diagnosis ... disease management ... remain subject to clinical ... #Cholangitis #diagnosis ... #management #summary