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Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
idiopathic, benign, and self-limiting ... Patterns #Features #Comparison
Retractor Types - Common Surgical Instruments
In varying forms, retractors are used to hold an incision open,
be hand-held or self-retaining ... Bookwalter Retractor: Self-retaining ... instruments #types #comparison
Serrated Polyps
Hyperplastic polyps (HPs):
 • Prevalence: 20-30%
 • Size: Usually small or diminutive (s 5mm)
 •
serrated lesions (SSLs ... Usually larger than SSLs ... Serrated #Polyps #comparison
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Serial Dilation/ Self-dilation ... Stricturotomy - SEMS ... Bronchoscopy w/ SEMS
Fungal Biomarkers: Comparing Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 •
dermatophytes • Sens ... Cryptococcus • Sens ... Galactomannan #diagnosis #comparison
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD When: • Self-limited ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
mental status • Sens ... or extension • Sens ... will flex • Sens ... neck flexion • Sens ... will headache • Sens
Addictions: Long-Term Social Consequences
 • Public stigma
 • Self-stigma
 • Decreased self-esteem and self-efficacy
 • Loss
Public stigma • Self-stigma ... • Decreased self-esteem ... and self-efficacy
Hypertrophic, Dilated and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy - Comparison

#Hypertrophic #Dilated #Arrhythmogenic #Cardiomyopathy #Comparison #Diagnosis #Management #Cardiomyopathies #Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy - Comparison ... Cardiomyopathy #Comparison
Types of Shock - Comparison, Signs and Symptoms

#Shock #Types #Comparison #Table #Signs #Symptoms #Classification
Types of Shock - Comparison ... #Shock #Types #Comparison