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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
when evaluation should ... heart failure, neurologic ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... aspiration and acute ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... - Improves clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... count in the CSF should ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... - Atypical Clinical ... CNS inflammatory cause ... prevent corneal injury ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... and sensitive tests ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
the Journal of Clinical ... to lying down should ... reasoning during clinical ... blood loss or acute ... from accessing port