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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... disease and in ... intrinsic lung disease ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... disease - Portal
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
- Differential Diagnosis ... , harsh voice, Positive ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Disorder Extra-Pyramidal ... #Dysarthria #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive ... #management #signs
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... : • Based on clinical ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... - Improves clinical ... #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... Clinical Manifestations ... emotions - A positive ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... venous pressure, positive ... abdominojugular, reflux ... coronary artery disease ... #management #cardiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... extensors of the arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... #management #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
(ANA) test; if positive ... - Positive in ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Myoglobinuria: UA positive ... of underlying disease