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Adie’s Tonic Pupil on Physical Exam

A young female was referred in for a sudden onset anisocoria.
Adie’s Tonic Pupil ... unremarkable with the exception ... Adie’s tonic pupil ... anterior_seg_rocks #Adies
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
• Oculomotor dysfunctions ... • Cerebellar dysfunction ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment
Graves' Disease Treatment
Thionamides (mainly methimazole)
 • Chance of remission in up to 2 years
 • No
Graves' Disease Treatment ... • No thyroid dysfunction ... Graves #Disease #Treatment
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
adenomas that require treatment ... order (with the exception ... • Hypothalamic dysfunction
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
other cognitive dysfunction ... Encephalopathy Treatment
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... consider empiric treatment ... glasses & hearing aides ... Checklist #Management #Treatment
Olfactory Dysfunction: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Olfactory Dysfunction

Phantosmia: perception of smells that are not present
Parosmia: brain cannot
Olfactory Dysfunction ... findings Olfactory Dysfunction ... Phantosmia: perception ... #Olfactory #Dysfunction
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
64%) • Renal dysfunction ... 25%) • Hepatic dysfunction ... • Respiratory dysfunction ... + Bleeding Treatment ... diagnosis #causes #treatment
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
and right heart dysfunction ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
and Bloating - Treatment ... • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ... Diagnostics and Testing Treatment ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Treatment