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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... #diagnosis #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... • Prevalence: 1- ... Clinical Manifestations ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
APS is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by recurring blood clots resulting from antibodies
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... clinical event ( ... clinical event and ... to be present Treatment ... #management #anticoagulation
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis: 1. ... Low voltage Treatment ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
weakness in: 1. ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... EMG Findings: 1. ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Clinical ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... disease Imaging and Treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Features: • Triad ... #treatment #nephrology
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Susac Syndrome - ... Clinical Triad ... Therapeutic strategy 1. ... arterioles - Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... main variants: (1) ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... : 1. ... epilepticus Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology