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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 ... chromosome 21) Signs ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and ... Signs of Copper ... Deficiency Risk Factors ... diarrhoea, Short bowel syndrome ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
and host/risk factors ... illness What: Key signs ... define the clinical syndrome ... #History #HPI #Diagnosis
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
the Nikolsky sign ... If these factors ... staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome ... the Nikolsky sign ... and toxic shock syndrome
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
tumor necrosis factor ... of complement factors ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... no other risk factors ... hypertension and signs ... renal bruit or signs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... tumor necrosis factor ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome ... Episcleritis Signs ... GCSF stimulating factor ... Leukemia cutis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
other external factors ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Tumor necrosis factor ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Differential #Diagnosis