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Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
50% of patients, leading ... Exercise capacity Diagnosis ... depot iron] Treatment ... #CHF #pharmacology ... #pathophysiology
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
MI, Acute Heart Failure ... Arrhythmias / CHB ... pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
decompensation (CHF ... • Respiratory failure ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... inflammation, leading ... permeability Diagnosis ... #neurology #rheumatology
Migraine Treatment Overview

 • What is a Migraine?
 • Pathophysiology
 • Common Migraine Triggers
 • Diagnosis
Pathophysiology ... Migraine Triggers • Diagnosis ... • Non-Drug Treatment ... #management #pharmacology ... #prophylaxis #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... visual changes, hearing ... #differential #diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
alcohol abuse or drugs ... overload -> - CHF ... - anemia - CNS ... Refeeding #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
: 33% • Treatment ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... CVP, left heart failure ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... agents, Renal failure ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... #management #neurology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
IL-1 and IL-6, leading ... nervous system (CNS ... ) • Sepsis • Drug-induced ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis