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Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
• Elevated AST/ALT ... • Pulmonary edema ... Cerebral/visual symptoms ... • Elevated AST/ALT ... #Preeclampsia #Classification
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS ... complete paralysis of all ... than one after symptom ... the underlying pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood-gas barrier ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Pathophysiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... of active pulmonary ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... should be done in ALL ... for concomitant pulmonary
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
ALP enzyme- Discovered ... in 1923 Low ALP ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... respiratory failure • Neurologic
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Ramsay-Hunt), HIV, Lyme, GBS ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... pathology) • LP ... (if suspect GBS ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
lymphocyte predominant (LP ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
- CHF - Pulmonary ... PO4 -> decr RBC ATP ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 1 – In an initiating phase, there is lung alveolar
of idiopathic pulmonary ... membrane across which gas ... bind the Arg-Gly-Asp ... #IPF #Pathophysiology ... Fibrosis #Idiopathic #Pulmonary
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... (1) limb-onset ALS ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology