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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... of active pulmonary ... numbness, decreased reflexes ... for concomitant pulmonary
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
necrosis of the subcutaneous ... • Diagnosis: ... cord function and reflex ... bulbocarvenosus reflex ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Gastroesophageal Reflux ... Summary GERD: Diagnosis ... Laryngeal and pulmonary ... #Disease #diagnosis ... #management #Gastroenterology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... Renal Syndromes ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... or serologies + symptoms ... #management #treatment
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... Symptoms of metastatic ... initial test: abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Angina Stress Test ... with a stable symptom ... acute coronary syndrome ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome ... patient with a diagnosis ... Symptoms occur when ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #respiratory #pulmonary