4 results
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... -> 40 years • Can ... - gastric and breast ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... severe community-acquired
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Uremia (blood urea ... radiograph or CT ... #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... variably: On one ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Fluctuating degree/variable ... life-threatening Differential ... Imaging - CT Chest ... respiratory failure - Can ... Gravis #diagnosis #management