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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
deficiency (thiamine) Late ... overload) Other Symptoms ... • Wernicke encephalopathy ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... weight loss • Skin ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... ulcerated • MSK ... infected without symptoms
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
integrity of: • Skin ... Psychiatric symptoms ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... , or any other cause ... vasculitis Treatment
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... and nephrotic syndrome ... exposure to or symptoms ... granuIomas on skin
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Autoimmune disease, Cancer ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... • Treatment of
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
medicine and the patient ... #diagnosis #causes ... pimecrolimus and cancers ... /hyperactivity symptoms ... Pedersen MS, Benros
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Infectious causes ... antibodies • Nutritional