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Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... and sensitive tests ... - Spinal MRI may ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... - Atypical Clinical ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... CNS inflammatory cause ... within 4m #Bells
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
e.g., uptake by cells ... liver or renal injury ... or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment ... lactate and can act
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, rhabdo/crush injury ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... only if no clear cause ... Ca-gluconate or 1g CaCl ... Drives K+ into cells
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
#wavelengths #causes ... non-melanoma skin cancer: clinical ... Welsh MM, Karagas MR ... Mechanisms and treatments ... damage in skin cells
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
of Langerhans cells ... These cells accumulate ... langerin+) dendritic cells ... populations) CLINICAL ... showing Langerhans cells