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Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Syndrome ... Clinical Presentation ... • Symptoms of anemia ... younger pts) Differential ... chills, flank pain
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Renal failure (uremia ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... restrictive lung disease ... (COPD, OSA, Asthma
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Infections: - ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... or without back pain ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
weight • Chest pain ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
matter, spinal cord ... (Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Lung Abscess Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... presentations and disease ... thorough physical assessment ... - Compartment syndrome ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
stepwise daily assessment ... will vary with clinical ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... (PRIS) - acidosis ... No pharmacologic
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... - Abdominal pain ... disease 2.