55 results
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
usually caused by ... approach to the differential ... Measure urine osmolality ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #Differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... disease 2.
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment of Hyponatremic Encephalopathy
1) 100 ml bolus of 3% NaCl over 10 min.
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment ... of Hyponatremic ... May repeat until clinical ... Symptoms improve ... L. 5) Monitor urine
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
• Signs and symptoms ... unresponsive to treatment ... without discernable cause ... microscopic colitis Differential ... NSAlDs, ARBs) • Infection
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
recessive genetic disease ... - Infection with ... - Antiviral treatment ... Renal #stones #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup Clinical ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... Infections: Syphilis ... Inflammatory diseases ... Diagnosis #Workup #Differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... diagnosis and treatment ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
- Due to Viral infection ... Clinical Presentation ... (Cold-induced symptoms ... younger pts) Differential ... passage of red-brown urine
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease ... caused by the JC
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
The signs and symptoms ... , the infection ... resembling rashes caused ... Rash #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Photo #Dermatology