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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... may cause severe clinical ... Risk Factors: ... due to chronic disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Refeeding Syndrome ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... Patients at Risk ... of Refeeding Syndrome ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Alzheimer's Disease - Summary
 • Epidemiology
 • Pathophysiology
 • Risk Factors
 • Presentation
 • Diagnosis
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Alzheimer's Disease ... Pathophysiology • Risk ... • Treatment ... • Clinical Course ... #management #geriatrics
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Clinical Findings ... initial phase of the disease ... shares the same risk ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... #diagnosis #signs
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • DM risk ... • Large volume feeding ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... carotid sinus syndrome ... determining the risk ... should be guided by clinical ... The treatment strategy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Risk Factors and ... Prognostic Markers • Risk ... no consensus on risk ... Risk of recurrence ... management #cardiology #treatment
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... Then, ask 3 questions ... puts patients at risk ... demyelination syndrome ... vaptans (HF/liver disease
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Capillary leak syndrome ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... vascular filling +++ (risk ... Prevention of at-risk ... #diagnosis #management