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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... - shock->treatments ... regional ischemia, surgery ... before beginning treatment ... - Compartment syndrome
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... lumbar puncture or surgery ... sagging syndrome ... sleeve leaks • Cerebral
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
point where tissue perfusion ... • Syndrome caused ... globules in the lung ... antecedent trauma or surgery ... including DM • Treatment
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
may different #types ... define a definite cause ... muscular #dystrophy, #cerebral ... to prevent long-term ... #surgery being
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June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
may different #types ... define a definite cause ... muscular #dystrophy, #cerebral ... to prevent long-term ... #surgery being
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
to days after surgery ... starting amiodarone treatment ... exudative pleural effusions ... respiratory distress syndrome ... macrophages Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... thickening or effusion ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Systemic emboli: Cerebral ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... Viridans Surgery