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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... blindness) Risk Factors ... Diagnosis: Risk Factor ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Algorithm Risk factors ... functional somatic syndromes ... fatigue) Risk factors ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 
Compression of median nerve 
Risk Factors 
 • Obesity 
 • Female gender
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... median nerve Risk Factors ... #CarpalTunnel #Syndrome
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
a coagulation factor ... Von Willebrand factor ... Von Willebrand factor ... inhibitors - factor ... von Willebrand syndrome
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Therefore, Korsakoff Syndrome ... the same risk factors ... neudrawlogy #Korsakoff #Syndrome
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors ... mutations - Down syndrome
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Algorithm Maternal Factors ... rupture Fetal Factors ... Sotos syndrome, ... Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome ... , Weaver's syndrome
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Hypercoagulability: Factor ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Wandering spleen syndrome
Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Hyperandrogenism, Family Planning, Endometrial cancer prevention, Cardiovascular risk factor management
→ Weight
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ... Cardiovascular risk factor ... Polycystic #Ovary #Syndrome
Pathophysiology of Hepatorenal Syndrome - Dilation of splanchnic arteries initially compensated by increased CO eventually decompensates
of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... of vasoactive factors ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome