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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Summary #Nephrology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... • Wide based gait ... • High index of ... : • Anti-GAD Ab ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... oral ulcers in 12 ... Reactive Arthritis, AS ... exacerbations: high-dose ... #diagnosis #management
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
or unnoticed) has ... tabes dorsalis, gait ... similar to those of B12 ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... of Infectious Diseases
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
May have drop in ... High mortality. ... Presents as dyspnea ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... DX relies on a high ... affected tissue • High-dose ... : • Serology for ... #Management #Infections
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
May have drop in ... High mortality. ... Presents as dyspnea ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... blindness, or gait ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Management
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
(IAH) is IAP (>12 ... BLADDER PRESSURE AS ... Wait up to 1 minute ... #Measurement #Instructions ... #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... Anti-Synthetase Ab ... • Misdiagnosed as ... spine) or head drop ... weakness • Very high