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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... of Copper Deficiency ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... #Deficiency #diagnosis ... #symptoms #nutrition
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
not present in upper ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... • A prompt treatment ... can improve symptoms ... #Management #neurology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
(encephalopathy ... function, diarrhea • Copper ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #bariatric
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... facial numbness), Encephalopathy ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms ... #signs
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
due to chronic disease ... overload) Other Symptoms ... syndrome • Wernicke encephalopathy ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Signs and symptoms ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... rapidly progressive encephalopathy ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... other causes of neurologic ... over course of disease ... LizzieAbyMD #Hepatic #Encephalopathy
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... - Vit B12 and copper ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #neurology #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Neurological symptoms ... #management #neurology