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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
are listed as Type ... Elevation Type ... Nonhypoxic • Type ... - Alcohol • Type ... #causes #typea
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type ... #management #treatment
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
may different #types ... define a definite cause ... like #muscular #dystrophy ... to prevent long-term ... #back #pain and
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
may different #types ... define a definite cause ... like #muscular #dystrophy ... to prevent long-term ... #back #pain and
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching case ... ’s the diagnosis ... infected pleural effusion ... fluid can move back ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome - Myotonic dystrophy ... - Brain stem/Cranial ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... - Bedside: ice pack ... #management #neurology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
formerly BOOP • Type ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #management
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
form of delayed-type ... nodules on the back ... to have a "wood-grain ... cancers, including lung ... #differential #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... diuretics, Saline infusion ... Aldosterone, RTA Type ... only if no clear cause ... #Management #Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... thickening or effusion ... nephritis • Distal (Type ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... #Management