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Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... cotransporter • Gitelman's ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... electrolytes, urea ... investigations depending on clinical ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... • Wide based gait ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... Clinical Presentation ... : The clinical ... syndrome of HAD ... dysfunction like gait
Penicillin Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Penicillin Allergy
Mild Reaction - Itching, Minor rash
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... there is a strong clinical ... cephalosporin, please ... #Prescription #algorithm ... #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... of injury • Gait ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology