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Gitelman Syndrome Pathophysiology
Gitelman Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive salt-losing tubulopathy with a prevalence of 1-
Gitelman Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... delivery to distal nephron ... #Syndrome #Pathophysiology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... of band counts may ... delay diagnosis ... likelihood of negative clinical ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... and lower motor neuron ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... Minor hemorrhage may ... that precedes a later ... Pathophysiology: ... undergo EGD - Sensitivity
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... Hypertensive crisis may ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... sequences improve sensitivity ... #management #neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
weakness or paralysis may ... the upper motor neuron ... the right lower fate ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
metabolic changes and may ... cause severe clinical ... deficiency (thiamine) Late ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
oral speech and may ... Pathophysiology: ... angular gyrus Clinical ... #neurology #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
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 ... Muscle Weakness: May ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis