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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Nodules, Pulmonary ... Disease and ILD Complications ... splenomegaly), Increased Risk ... RA #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #signs #symptoms
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Clinical Findings Risk ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... mutations - Down syndrome ... / Complications ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
accounts for —9096 of cases ... fractures reduces the risk ... Pathophysiology ... onset widespread pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... • Sepsis Complications ... • Increased risk ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #causes #cardiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
changes and may cause ... severe clinical complications ... Risk Factors: ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Patients at Risk ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... - anemia - CNS ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
transfused patientsl • Risk ... without other cause ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
• Acquired Risk ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... cardiovascular risk ... Venous #Arterial #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Transformation: • Complication ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Infection: TB, NTM, PNA ... advanced disease Complications