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Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Complications are ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics ... #Sports #MSK
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Onset between age ... (5%) - Onset age ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
, Ehler-Danlos syndrome ... ): Leaflets are ... calcification: Age-related ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Hypertension, Age-Related ... #Causes #cardiology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome ... the heart that are ... WPW is caused by ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
patients • Avg age ... to 8 years Clinical ... IgA and/or IgM, age ... DDX - Other causes ... #management
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... - Increasing age ... mutations - Down syndrome ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... (MS), Epidural ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
and Pathophysiology ... : • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... carotid sinus syndrome ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical ... the underlying disease