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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... Symptoms and Signs ... Weight loss (90%
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
CLINICAL • Nephritic ... syndrome (Casts ... proteinuria (may be nephrotic ... • No serologic tests ... #diagnosis #management
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
(Romberg's sign ... Proprioceptive loss ... Observe when patient closes ... • Cerebellar disease ... #neurology #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Sepsis • Blood loss ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... cluster, the diseases ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... nephron loss, causing ... #syndrome #nephrology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Diagnosis Framework ... include a: • Neurologic ... Onset ○ Meniere disease ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme disease
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
sudden, transient loss ... carotid sinus syndrome ... determining if loss ... further guide management ... orthostatic vital sign
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... or metastatic disease ... -100%), weight loss ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... encephalitis, West ... , CMV, VZV) - Rabies ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs