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Behcet's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Diagnostic Criteria for Behget's Syndrome (International Study Group for Behget's Disease):
 • Recurrent,
Behcet's Syndrome ... ulcers with 2 3 ... period AND • Meeting ... Abnormal pathergy test ... #Syndrome #disease
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... , Aspergillus 3. ... - Sarcoidosis, Behcet ... disease - SLE ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... white matter, spinal ... cord, and basal ... in Behcet syndrome
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... Disease (MS), Epidural ... Phrenic nerve injury ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... to the spinal cord ... - More than 2/3 ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Toxins/Medications, Spinal ... Cord Injury Low ... , Severe Valve Disease ... Lactate < 2.0 3) ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
demyelination syndrome ... up to 3x in the setting ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... Treatment #management #nephrology ... #sodium
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
-50, Females 2-3 ... the brain and spinal ... cord. ... others (botox, sodium ... Management #treatment #neurology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Digital clubbing (2-3% ... Physical stigmata of cor
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
surrounds the spinal ... cord and brain ... polychondritis • Behçet ... brain sagging syndrome ... leak - type 3: