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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Sclerosis Diagnosis ... Radiographic findings ... criteria for MS ... Laboratory findings
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
extrapyramidal symptoms ... Laboratory findings ... #Diagnosis #Serotonin ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison ... #Table
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Criteria Acute ... Inflammatory pericardial syndrome ... depression on ECG ... Additional supporting findings ... pericarditis and a symptom-free
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings ... reactivity of mood (eg ... pattern across multiple ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Infection (e.g ... bullet injury - Multiple ... - Ipsilateral findings ... Contralateral findings ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
, mononeuritis multiplex ... recent DAN) • EMG ... for mononeuritis multiplex ... or serologies + symptoms ... of DAH) RENAL FINDINGS
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... at the time of diagnosis ... (e.g. incidental ... CXR finding) ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
clinical examination finding ... the pathologic finding ... brainstem and multiple ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... EMG: LMN Signs in
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
equipment - Multiple ... with the same symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... focal neurological findings ... differential #emergency #diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
, solitary and multiple ... respiratory distress syndrome ... gradually with symptoms ... Characteristic finding ... Improvement in symptoms