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Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
diastolic filling patterns ... LV compliance), ECG ... Dysfunction #Grading #Classification ... Grades #Criteria #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
heterogenous group of disorders ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... vascular diseases (e.g
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... involvement, irregular pattern ... #Classification ... #differential #algorithm
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Symptoms and Management ... Clinical Presentation ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... pseudoinfarct pattern ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and obstructive pattern ... myeloproliferative disorders ... disease, thyroid disorders ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... Viral) Management ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Brady Management ... • May be no pattern ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
>50 mmHg (2) (Table ... common problem in clinical ... A common pattern ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Infantile Spasms 
Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis 
1) Flexor spasms: Sudden flexion of neck, trunk, arms, and
of the legs Clinical ... Hypsarrhythmia EEG ... pattern Management