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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
We did a transthoracic ... echocardiogram ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... ventricular septal shift ... diastolic septal shudder
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... such that the shoulders ... Supports the patient ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV
The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic maneuver
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... for the Diagnosis ... of BPPV The Dix–Hallpike ... nystagmus direction will ... #BPPV #neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV (Animated)

The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... for the Diagnosis ... Animated) The Dix–Hallpike ... nystagmus direction will ... #BPPV #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... • All patients ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
- Differential Diagnosis ... urine osm (in DI ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... the treatment will ... of correction should
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
complete paralysis of all ... • Weakness: Starts ... Life threatening labile ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... management #treatment #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... proximal muscles of shoulder ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... drug exposure or Dx
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
These shifts of ... to lying down should ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... the capillary wall ... #differential #diagnosis