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In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
based solely on symptoms ... With treatment, ... structural heart disease ... or signs of heart ... #Classes #NYHA
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Delirium/confusional states ... Psychological/psychiatric ... Contraction - Signs ... or spinal cord disease ... #DIAPPERS #Mnemonic
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
variability in disease ... mood - Primary treatment ... maintain this state ... Pathophysiology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
of this disease ... The signs and symptoms ... with or without treatment ... , but without treatment ... resembling rashes caused
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
adenomas that require treatment ... A good mnemonic ... Signs / Symptoms ... #SideEffects #endocrinology ... #mnemonic #GLFTAP
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
goiter (Graves' disease ... proptosis), unblinking stare ... hyperthyroidism #causes ... #differential #endocrinology ... #signs #symptoms
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... exposure to or symptoms ... but do not meet criteria ... of Infectious Diseases
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Presentation: - Disease ... - Causes progressive ... course of the disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... diagnosis column Treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... m/s • Other signs ... diagnosis Diagnostic criteria ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... improved functional status
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Signs: 50% ... >40C), mental status ... and signs: • ... leukocytosis, psychiatric ... disease: Management