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Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
a Retrosternal Thyroid ... superior vena cava syndrome ... #Retrosternal #Thyroid ... vascular #neck #mass ... #SVC #Syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... syndrome, Mononeuritis ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... dermatomyositis, Thyroid
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... HRS) • Liver Mass ... Complications #diagnosis #management
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
, Orbital apex syndrome ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... Multiple sclerosis, Thyroid ... , Orbital apex mass
Hashitoxicosis - Autoimmune thyroid disease overlap syndrome of Graves' and Hashimoto's disease

Autoimmune thyroid disease overlap syndrome
disease overlap syndrome ... Autoimmune thyroid ... disease overlap syndrome ... processes • Thyroid ... Endocrinology #Pathophysiology
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
• Guillain-Barré ... syndrome Management ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
Bilateral Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 • Medication Side
• DVT *Can't Miss ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... Kidney Disease • Thyroid
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) - Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis and Management ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management