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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Dermatomyositis Clinical ... • Hypocalcemia/Late ... • HAGMA • Late ... Heme associated ... fluid/Lactated ringers
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... GQ1b IgG Antibody associated ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV dementia ... Pathophysiology ... : The clinical ... syndrome of HAD ... Treatment: • HAART
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Associated with: ... Clinical Picture ... Clinical DX: - ... stimulation - Single fiber ... immunologic assay - MuSK
Immunosuppressive Strategies for the Prevention or Treatment of Acute GVHD. Panel A shows several classic immunosuppressive
Prevention or Treatment ... (JAK) and rho-associated ... protein kinase (MEK ... #Pathophysiology ... #IM #Honc #Pharm
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
by 24 hours or longer ... fluctuations PRES-Associated ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
inciting events - Associated ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... : - Treatment of ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
presence of an associated ... decreases the success rate ... Treatment can be ... tenosynovitis #msk ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Primary form: not associated ... salivary ducts Clinical ... system: small-fiber ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
abnormalities PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... increased flow & longer ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... the left heart TREATMENT ... HPS mortality rate