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Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Causes of Growth ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Excessive weight gain ... over course of pregnancy ... #Obstetrics #OBGyn
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... : • Defect in fetal ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... hepatology #obstetrics #obgyn
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... #Dangerous #Deadly
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... with walking to nearly ... Hands or feet • Pain ... variants: (1) acute
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... soles in 50% of cases ... manifestations including acute ... of pain and sensory ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome caused ... days after an acute ... • Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... covering both gram positive
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... physiologic stress or acute ... Pregnancy is a risk ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... Treatment with IV
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Blood cultures are positive ... Culture Positive ... : • Acute: S. ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... hematuria, + RF Treatment
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
onset of swelling, pain ... positively birefringent ... Pseudogout: Treatment ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... neck pain, fever