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Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... large total body stores ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... #management #nutrition
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
FSGS • Other: Chronic ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Diagnosis: Causes ... D D-lactate (short ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Incubation period: 3-12 ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... #management #Bartonella
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... Pathophysiology: Spore ... ingestion → colonic ... #management #treatment
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Diagnosis and Treatment ... correction of chronic ... should not exceed 12 ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #management #nephrology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... abnormal LFT): 12 ... #Management #Signs
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Lung Abscess Differential ... #treatment #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... inhibition - Chronic ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology