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NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Syndrome Features ... or hyporeflexia Features ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... Elevated CSF protein Features ... spectrum disorders Features
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGUS) - Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic-Centered:
 (+) Systemic Features: POEMS, AL amyloid, Cryoglobulinemia
Differential Diagnosis Neurologic-Centered ... (+) Systemic Features ... (-) Systemic Features ... Ig deposition disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Acne • Coarse features ... Cardiovascular disease ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... • The cardinal features ... than one after symptom ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical Features ... , pathological fractures ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
• recurrent fractures ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... mineralization Symptoms ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... pain - Frequent fractures
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... resolution of HPS features ... resolution of symptoms ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome ... management #treatment #hepatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... Clinical Features ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... vein thrombosis Hematologic ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Dermatomyositis Clinical Features ... : • Triad of symptoms ... urine • Other symptoms ... of underlying disease ... causes #treatment #nephrology