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Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
dysfunction Epidemiology ... Myelitis Diagnosis ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes ... Myelitis Treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Epidemiology: Most ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
large-vessel vasculopathy Epidemiology ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Novel Coronavirus Epidemiology ... 31 • First US case ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... unilateral* • POCUS ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... tests before beginning ... treatment.
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
leak syndrome Epidemiology ... 150 published cases ... , paresthesia, abdominal ... spacing of IVIg cures ... leak #syndrome #diagnosis
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... infectious disease caused ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
Nausea/ vomiting ... positive tourniquet test ... and no apparent focus ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Aortic dissection carries an incredibly high mortality that increases 1%/hour. POCUS can be used as a
POCUS can be used ... as a rule-in test ... life threatening diagnosis ... #AbdominalUS #AorticDissection ... #Aorta #Flap #Transverse