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Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
criteria for asthma-COPD ... overlap syndrome ... COPD=chronic obstructive ... normal #Diagnosis #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... , Acute spinal cord ... polyneuropathy (e.g ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... heart disease Causes ... 300 = NSVT EKG
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome ... pre-excitation syndromes ... WPW is caused by ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #WPW #WolffParkinsonWhite
Diagnostic Framework for Hemolysis - Intravascular vs Extravascular Causes
Intravascular Hemolysis:
 • Mechanical Trauma (Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia):
Extravascular Causes ... ) - HELLP syndrome ... Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... Autoimmune (AIHA)"Cold ... Extravascular #Causes
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... Cholestatic drugs- e.g ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... • Short bowel syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... - Infection (e.g
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Cirrhosis Syndrome ... - Malignancy (e.g ... CNS pathology (e.g ... . pneumonia, COPD ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... pts with severe COPD ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
High altitude (eg ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... intracardiac shunting (eg