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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... : Most Common Cause ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... #Management #Endocrinology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
and Management ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... #Management #gastroenterology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... the following symptoms ... subdural hematoma, lung ... • Associated symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Long-standing vs ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... #gastroenterology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... , cough, chest pain ... #Management #Signs
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
pressure to the point ... • Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... days, the local pain ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... or TSH level if symptoms ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... is conscious, symptoms ... include chest pain ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
melena - Other GI symptoms ... retrosternal chest pain ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... the most common long ... #management #gastroenterology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
gradually with symptoms ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Exclude other causes ... Improvement in symptoms ... #management #Toxicology