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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
aldosterone Causes ... from RTA type IV ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
- CHF - Pulmonary ... - Metabolic Acidosis ... • Shift of K, ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
of symptoms or signs ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... pp65 antigenemia test ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... glycol (present in IV ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... canimorsus • Virus: HIV ... #differential #diagnosis ... #endocrinology ... #infectiousdiseases
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
fungal infection, HIV ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST: ... #Management #Endocrinology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Dyspnea at rest ... Pathophysiology: The shift ... • Signs/Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... tests before beginning ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
hydrocephalus, HIV ... ... laboratory tests ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... (parkinsonian signs