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Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... of anesthesia, surgery ... Treatment • Operable disease ... and then surgery ... Open surgical resection
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
injury sites, Open ... Iatrogenic- Hx of prior surgery ... Degenerative Disc Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Verify BP (e.g. surgeon ... : - iv wide open ... #Management
Stress Dose Steroids - Medical and Surgery Indications
Minor Stress:
 • Inguinal hernia repair
 • Mid febrile
- Medical and Surgery ... Moderate Stress: • Open ... cardiothoracic surgery ... Indications #Dosing #management
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
stands with eyes open ... • Cerebellar disease ... with the eyes open ... Unilateral vestibular disease ... Test #neurology #diagnosis
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Activation: Liver disease ... , Kidney Disease ... most common) - Surgery
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
during ocular surgery ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... for Alzheimer's disease ... moderate to severe disease ... in ophthalmic surgery
Etiologies of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
 - Noninfiltrative disorders 
 - Infiltrative disorders 
 - Storage diseases
disorders - Storage diseases ... Source Article (Open ... #differential #diagnosis
Etiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 - Genetic 
 - Storage diseases 
 - Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disorders
Genetic - Storage diseases ... Source Article (Open ... #differential #diagnosis
Graves' Disease Treatment
Thionamides (mainly methimazole)
 • Chance of remission in up to 2 years
 • No
Graves' Disease ... hyperthyroidism resolution Surgery ... mendesthiagob #Graves #Disease ... #Treatment #Management