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Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Toxic Damage (e.g ... Displacement (e.g ... methotrexate) • Drugs Autoimmune ... Non-lmmune: • HELLP Syndrome ... Foreign Surface (e.g
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... - Differential ... Cholestatic drugs- e.g ... • Short bowel syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... - Differential ... Autoimmune / Inflammatory ... • Drug Abuse (e.g ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

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

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... an underlying autoimmune ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... noninflammatory #differential
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... the underlying pathophysiology ... intensive care unit (ICU
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Pathophysiology ... the result of an autoimmune ... unit activity on EMG ... of diazepam • EMG ... TPO, TTG, etc EMG
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune ... Hodgkin lymphoma - Autoimmune ... life-threatening Differential ... Serologic and EMG ... : - Bedside: ice
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... • EEG: With persistent ... the underlying cause
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... - Infection (e.g ... syphilis, and HIV ... spinal cord - Autoimmune ... #lesions #differential