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Alzheimer's Disease - Summary
 • Epidemiology
 • Pathophysiology
 • Risk Factors
 • Presentation
 • Diagnosis
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Alzheimer's Disease ... Pathophysiology • Risk Factors ... Treatment • Clinical ... #Alzheimers #Disease
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
PRES) - Diagnosis Clinical ... blindness) Risk Factors ... • Autoimmune disease ... Diagnosis: Risk Factor ... + Clinical Features
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors
Von Willebrand Disease - Most common inherited bleeding disorder 
Clinical 
 • Easy bruising 
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Von Willebrand Disease ... bleeding disorder Clinical ... prolonged if very low factor ... VonWillebrand #Disease
"The majority of cases of acute mesenteric ischemia are the result of acute arterial occlusion resulting
Risk factors include ... valvular heart disease ... SuperiorMesentericArtery #clinical
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
noguchii) Risk Factors ... Presentation: • Mild disease ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... Severe pulmonary disease ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome Clinical ... initial phase of the disease ... the same risk factors
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk Factors ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis → Invasive disease ... culture (Invasive disease
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk Factors ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Gastroenteritis → Invasive disease ... culture (Invasive disease
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
Treating Chagas Disease ... HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... Disease Indication ... epidemic risk factors ... and preventing clinical