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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Vasculitis -> Acute ... - Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Gastrointestinal #Complications ... #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Hepatorenal syndrome ... Hepatoadrenal syndrome ... Hepatocardiac syndrome ... distress syndrome ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... TB, parasitic, complications
Kawasaki Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) 
An rare systemic acute febrile vasculitic syndrome. Aetiology unknown. 
Affects
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ... ) An rare systemic ... acute febrile vasculitic ... syndrome. ... Features #Signs #Symptoms
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) - Pathophysiology ... functional somatic syndromes ... factors affecting symptom ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... JA, Goldstein SA ... Coronary Syndrome ... Clinical Examination Systematic
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... should have other symptoms ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... Common Injuries by System ... ED arrival MSK ... compartment syndrome ... Management #Emergency #Algorithm
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... pericardial sac ... infarction (Dressler syndrome ... Scleroderma Sjögren syndrome ... Systemic lupus