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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... No auditory symptoms ... test Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
/ disease present ... true negatives / disease ... absent Positive ... / all positives ... #calculations #diagnosis
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Rash, Vomiting, Positive ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... exposure • Symptoms ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Definition
Presentation
Medical Management
Extraesophageal Symptoms
Long-Term PPI Issues
Diagnosis Algorithm
Refractory GERD
Surgical and Endoscopic
Diagnosis and Management ... Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... Extraesophageal Symptoms ... Gastroesophageal #Reflux #Disease ... #Treatment #Algorithm
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Two different positive ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Algorithm Symptoms ... Associated history: Symptoms ... associated autoimmune disease ... of autoimmune disease ... Positive AMA or
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... important, as early diagnosis ... and treatment can ... #differential #diagnosis
Polycystic Kidney Disease - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#ADPKD #Polycystic #Kidney #Disease #Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Clinical Signs and Symptoms ... Polycystic #Kidney #Disease ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis