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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Overview What ... Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... changes and may cause ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... are the leading cause
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Overview Cauda ... Equina Syndrome ... - Emergency Causes ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
(PRES) Overview ... epilepticus Treatment ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia - Overview ... Constitutional Syndromes ... and petechiae Causes ... Constitutional Syndromes ... aplastic anemia Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... Overview Epidemiology ... SLE • Mikulicz syndrome ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hyperthermia Syndromes Comparison
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS - Malignant Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Cause - Onset - Vitals
Hyperthermia Syndromes ... Comparison Serotonin Syndrome ... Malignant Catatonia Cause ... Mental Status - Treatment ... #Hyperthermia #Syndromes
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
and Management Overview ... Ileus - Mirizzi Syndrome ... - Bouveret's Syndrome ... Diagnosis Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Sepsis Treatment Overview #Management #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis #Overview #BMJ
Sepsis Treatment ... Overview #Management ... #PCC #Sepsis #Overview
Boerhaave’s syndrome - Overview

- Dr. Jonathan Carter 

#Boerhaaves #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Overview
Boerhaave’s syndrome ... - Overview - ... #Boerhaaves #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Overview
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... Septic emboli cause ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Treat underlying cause