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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Pathophysiology ... Paresthesias: Hands ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
associated with ... also involved), ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... , AS Treatment: ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Diagnosis and ... other causes of neurologic ... over course of disease ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #hepatology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
fluctuations PRES-Associated ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... #management #neurology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... vs infection vs ... variably: On one hand ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... #Management