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Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Cold AIHA • PCH ... • Drug-induced immune-complex ... #Algorithm #Causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Syndrome • Prader-Willi ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Diabetes ... Hyperglycemia (e.g ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Hypoglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fasting Hypoglycemia:
 • Excess Insulin
 • Medications (e.g. Insulin Secretagogues, ß-Adrenergic Antagonists,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Fasting ... : • Critical Illness ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... • Prep and drape ... a dramatic clinical ... Intraoperative #Checklist
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... required until immune ... therapy Herpes Simplex ... Demyelinating disease caused
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
complexes in tissues ... • They can cause ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... Labs/Diagnosis:
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... A.fumigatus species complex ... impaired cellular immune ... immunosuppression (eg ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... walking to nearly complete ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... specific therapy, the clinician
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Pathophysiology: • Immune ... walking to nearly complete ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis