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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... ) on room air Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
palpable purpura 2/ ... 2 vasculitis, ulcers ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... recent DAN) • EMG ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
of diagnosis (e.g ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... (for example, cardiomyopathy ... • Heerfordt syndrome
Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin) reflects the average blood glucose concentration over the course of the RBC
frequent glucose measurements ... A1c exhibited direct ... over the past 2 ... changes in diabetes treatment ... 2.
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular septum 2) ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... - Mechanism: causes
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 ... cases/100,000 per ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... demyelination features (2) ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... erythropoietin • Cardiomyopathy ... → cardiomyopathy ... may present with pulmonary ... diagnostic procedures (eg
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... 20-90%, normal ECG ... Determinate forms: 1) Cardiomyopathy ... Biventricular dilated cardiomyopathy ... IFA) assays to detect
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion 2. ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... Carpal tunnel syndrome ... • Echocardiogram ... spleen • Fecal fat measurements