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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... electrolytes, urea ... investigations depending on ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Paresthesias: Hands ... variants: (1) acute ... GQ1b IgG Antibody associated
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 ... volume • Patchy areas ... signal intensity on ... The clinical syndrome ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
fluctuations PRES-Associated ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... mean 58 mg/dL in one
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Associated Risk ... working around ... closure - Not associated ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... - Anisocoria on
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... difficulty with walking ... tested earlier than one ... the underlying pathophysiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
• Amiodarone half ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... is rare but is associated
Convergence-Retraction Nystagmus on Physical Exam

Convergence-retraction nystagmus: irregular, jerky nystagmus, associated with convergence and retraction of both
jerky nystagmus, associated ... of Parinaud's syndrome ... and acute hydrocephalus ... clinical #ocular #video ... #neurology
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... fever (FMF) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... not universal finding ... conditions are associated ... are not associated