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Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
• recurrent fractures ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... pain - Frequent fractures
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Trauma to the long bone ... stabilization of fractures ... Pathophysiology ... onset widespread pulmonary ... #Signs #Symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... of bacilli to bone ... for concomitant pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
done. ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... interstitial lung disease ... a lot of B lines ... NOT definitively diagnose
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Intensivist's One-Page ... in the ICU, now ... Infection: Coronavirus Disease ... unilateral* • POCUS ... #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... is the defining feature ... Inflammatory eye disease ... or serologies + symptoms ... hematuria, RBC casts, low
Paget’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Incr serum CTx - marker of bone resorption
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Paget’s Disease: ... , kyphosis and fractures ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... megakaryocytic Bone ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... characteristic feature ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Slow Growers (Runyon ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... ) - Bone Marrow ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... protein level • A low ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... 40% Invasive Disease