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BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes Immune-mediated ... nervous system (CNS ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
ABG And BMP Normal ... glycol (present in IV ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... acidosis: - CNS ... restrictive lung disease
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... affects the skin, neurologic ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... cognitive impairment, neurologic ... gut involvement, abdominal
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... required until immune ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease ... #differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Necrotizing, pauci-immune ... respiratory tracts Immune ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... or abruptly • CN ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... SLE • Mikulicz syndrome ... gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Can cause TYPE IV ... #Sjogrens #Syndrome
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Differential #
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Erythematous, macular ... permanent alopecia Differential ... context of primary immune ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... involve PNS and CNS