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HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

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

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
dementia Pathophysiology ... etiologies and PML (JC virus ... Treatment: • HAART ... treatment • Cognitive ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Herpes Simple Virus ... to infections (HPV ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in HIV ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Herpes Simplex Virus ... • JC-virus PCR ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
(HIV), and Zika ... virus • Other ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pathophysiology: ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
was treated by his ... receive proper treatment ... is no mainstay treatment ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... infections • Herpes virus ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Herpes simplex virus ... , HIV, Hep A/B/CMV ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
Epley Maneuver for Treatment ... patient rolls onto his ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam