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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... D D-lactate (short ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing ... • Early raised AG ... associated with AKI ... Poisoning #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Chronic #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... constitutional symptoms ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... conditions such as ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... mediators such as ... , cough, chest pain ... (2-5%), liver (pain ... 12-20%, spleen (pain
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... ALL can present as ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
ketoacidosis (AKA ... ) — seen in chronic ... Glucosuria causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #endocrinology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
vasoconstrictive • Acute ... damaged BRB appears as ... -> Cotton-wool Spots ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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• Presents as ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... HIV-1 p24 core Ag ... Phase: • The short ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... Definition: acute ... thrombosis of short ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm