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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Serotonin syndrome ... Anticholinergic syndrome ... Sympathomimetic syndrome ... #Workup
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Diagnosis and Management ... typically part of the workup ... Arthritis-Dermatitis syndrome ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Stiff Person Syndrome ... Stiff Person Syndrome ... of Stiff Person Syndrome ... Stiff Person Syndrome ... in Stiff Person Syndrome
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... Clinico-Radiological Syndrome ... syndrome by 24 ... Paraneoplastic syndrome ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... factors: - Serology ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #differential #workup ... #infectiousdiseases
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... demyelination syndrome ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... commercially • Serology ... Sporotrichosis Syndromes ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #syndromes
Strongyloidiasis Treatment
Asymptomatic ± eosinophilia (Very low risk):
 • Diagnostic: Serology, Stool Ova and parasites (O&P) examination
• Diagnostic: Serology ... • Diagnostic: Serology ... hyperinfection syndrome ... • Diagnostic: Serology ... strongyloides #parastie #infectiousdiseases
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... Compartment syndrome ... consider compartment syndrome ... WORK UP: obtain ... from excessive internal