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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... in Sickle Cell Disease ... • XR, MRI to ... dx and stage ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... shows a small, stable
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Clinical Signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... tissue damage - CXR
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
observed in the clinical ... They are caused ... and suitable treatment ... L-thyroxine and/or tri-iodothyroinine ... DharSaty #Coma, #CriticalCare
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
severe clinical ... due to chronic disease ... Post-operative state ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... super-antigen mediated disease ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... management #neurology #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... during Delivery • Stable
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr ... of underlying disease ... per day until stable
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Presentation: - Disease ... - Causes progressive ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... death Common Clinical ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification