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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Threatening Event (ALTE ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Metabolism • Reye's Syndrome ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Risk factor for Late ... mutations - Down syndrome ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
due to chronic disease ... deficiency (thiamine) Late ... overload) Other Symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... alkaline phosphatase; ALT ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... Neurological symptoms ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs