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Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
/ Breakthrough DVT ... During Anticoagulation ... - Behcet's disease ... Structural - Pelvic masses ... Breakthrough #Recurrent #DVT
Hyperthyroidism - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High/Normal Radioiodine Uptake
 - Autoimmune Thyroid Disease:
    • Grave's
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease ... • Grave's Disease ... • Positive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Ovarian Cycle – Ovulation Explained

Around Day 14, estrogen exerts sudden +++ positive feedback
exerts sudden +++ positive ... from negative to positive ... and release LH causes ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology ... #Ovulation #endocrinology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Tuberculosis: can cause ... Lymphoma Metastatic Disease ... C deficiency, anticoagulation ... #endocrinology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
share the same pathophysiology ... • Other rare causes ... Cardiovascular disease ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology
Hashitoxicosis

‘Leakage’ symptoms of active Hashimoto’s disease

- Hashitoxicosis (Htx) can occur during the initial hyperthyroid stage in
active Hashimoto’s disease ... thyroiditis that causes ... of Hashimoto’s disease ... Hashitoxicosis #Hashimotos #Endocrinology ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... significantly positive ... coronary heart disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Congenital heart disease ... Blood cultures are positive ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... + Systemic anticoagulation
Laboratory Evaluation of Patients for Thyroid Disease 
Hyperthyroidism:
 • Graves disease - TSH low; free T4
Patients for Thyroid Disease ... Hyperthyroidism: • Graves disease ... high; in some cases ... antithyroglobulin antibody positive ... differential #diagnosis #endocrinology
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
vast majority of cases ... CPPD Crystals - Positively ... Pseudogout #CPPD #Disease ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology