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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
vomiting • Fatigue Signs ... Reduced libido • Signs ... DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Hypomagnesemia (Serum level < 1.7 mg/dL)
Neuromuscular manifestations 
 • Tremor, tetany, seizures 
 • Weakness
Hypomagnesemia (Serum ... Hypomagnesemia #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... Cardiac-specific signs ... • Noncardiac signs ... Ig) screen with serum ... #Amyloidosis #Diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
yrs old; F>M Signs ... Fever - High serum ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
typically increase in serum ... tubular necrosis Diagnosis ... : • look for signs ... sensitivity —100%) #Diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms of Renal Infarction
 • Abdominal or flank pain
 • Leukocytosis
 • Fever
 •
Signs and Symptoms ... Elevations of serum ... Renal #Infarction #Signs ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... ultrasonography, serum ... clinical context and signs ... myoglobin • Myeloma: serum ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
cells -> Decr Serum ... proteins -> decr Serum ... Refeeding #Syndrome #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Factor (RF) in serum ... produced -> High serum ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Paget’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Incr serum CTx - marker of bone resorption
 •
Findings • Incr serum ... fractures • Incr serum ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms