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Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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- AICA - PCA ... CVA #Territory #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Table ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... such that the shoulders ... Vertiginous symptoms ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
disease • DM DDX ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Angina Stress Test ... revascularization (PCI ... symptom. ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
disease • DM DDX ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... HIV-infected patients should ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
regardless of symptoms ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... association with PJP/TB
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... constitutional symptoms ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
occurs in the first six ... the following should ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... meningitis: ART should ... #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... syndrome (Clinical Dx ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Miller Fischer and PCB ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... #management #neurology