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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Treating ARDS - Acute ... Syndrome • ... another process • Origin ... #Acute #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... - Summary Acute ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
and Management ... Overview Types - Acute ... Xanthogranulomatous (chronic ... Diagnosis Treatment ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypothyroidism, Stress ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... or chronic renal ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... and Management ... factors: Previous acute ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... less common: Life stress
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... and Management ... • Chronic alcoholism ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... #Management #neurology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... potential for multiple organ ... months without treatment ... #Chronic #Liver ... #diagnosis
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... fibroinflammatory syndrome ... parenchymal injury or stress ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
10 Steps to Managing Guillain-Barre Syndrome:
1️⃣ When to suspect
2️⃣ How to Diagnose
3️⃣ When to admit to
10 Steps to Managing ... Guillain-Barre ... Syndrome: 1️⃣ When ... suspect 2️⃣ How to Diagnose ... #Management #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology