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Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Clinical Features and Complications ... - APC Grade 1 ... #Orthopedics #MSK ... #diagnosis #complications ... #pathophysiology
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
erythropoietin 1/ ... incidentally via CBC ... symptoms, signs, and complications ... Splenomegaly Treatment ... • Treatment is
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
pain, Fever, ↑WBC ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... CT A/P: Assess complications ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Manifestations: 1) ... Vmphocytosis on routine CBC ... thrombocytopenia Complications ... : 1) Infection ... Agents: 1)
hematopoiesis - leukocyte maturation tree

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#hematopoiesis #leukocytes #maturation #tree #pathophysiology #Hematology
Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... maturation #tree #pathophysiology ... Progenitor #Cells #WBC ... #pathology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Pathophysiology ... if high risk if WBC ... symptoms, or> 1 ... Renal Failure Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
weakness in: 1. ... /Cranial nerve pathology ... EMG Findings: 1. ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... - Symptomatic Treatment
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
progression: over 1- ... ear/skull base pathology ... /temporal bone pathology ... unproven benefit, rec ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... - NORMAL CSF WBC ... main variants: (1) ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
approximately 1 ... adenomas that require treatment ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology