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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
: Anion Gap (AG ... Delta: Delta = (AG ... Pure Normal AG ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Takayasu: • Age ... temporal artery • Age ... affects the skin, neurologic ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... upper and lower respiratory
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ab to AChR blocks ... Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... Clinical Picture ... Clinical DX: - ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
million - rare • Age ... Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... : • Anti-GAD Ab ... Management #treatment #neurology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Decades (can be any age ... salivary ducts Clinical ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... : 2% Systemic Vasculitis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... extremity, facial, respiratory ... the underlying pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology