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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Pathophysiology ... Clinical Features ... - NORMAL CSF WBC ... GQ1b IgG Antibody associated ... management #treatment #neurology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
unknown but its clinically ... often associated ...     - Epstein-Barr ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... sterile pyuria, WBC ... Received drug associated ... Nephritis #AIN #Algorithm ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Even with normal WBC ... tachycardia or fever, is associated ... likelihood of negative clinical ... #pathophysiology
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
CAPD-associated ... following): (1) Clinical ... Effluent >100 WBC ... effluent, decreasing WBC ... Diagnosis #Management #InfectiousDiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension associated ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Pregnancy-associated ... Neurologic disorders ... , and Guillain-Barre
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
COVID-19 Adult Clinical ... April 10 2020 Clinical ... Biomarkers • WBC ... , IL-6, TNF-a) associated ... Guide #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
kidney disease associated ... dysmorphic RBCs, RBC ... casts, WBC casts ... Nephritis #diagnosis #algorithm ... #sle #nephrology
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Polyol Pathway - Excess glucose enters Polyol pathway ->
Pathogenesis and clinical ... as a result of WBC ... and deformity associated ... #DiabeticFoot #pathophysiology