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Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure with REDUCED Ejection ... Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy ... GDMT is basically getting ... HFrEF, we should initiate ... move to the next section
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial ... testing for patients ... and specific for detection ... ANA - Screen for ... #workup #diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial ... testing for patients ... and specific for detection ... glomerular #disease #workup ... #diagnosis #initial
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
at autopsy • Age ... - First, a non-selective ... laparoscopic tumor resection ... Open surgical resection ... pheochromocytoma: MIBG therapy
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Prevalence: 1-2 cases per ... million - rare • Age ... antibody that works ... /Symptomatic Therapy ... Symptomatic Therapy
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
left ventricular ejection ... to HER2 agents are ... the patient) and initiate ... high-risk patients: Age ... strain for early detection
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Epidemiology: 10 cases per ... Achalasia: Testing ... loss (>6.8 kg) • Age ... the first-line therapy ... management #treatment #gastroenterology