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Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
Occult Causes of ... hypotension is treatment ... toxicologic - 2nd cause ... #Nonresponder #Multiple ... #Differential #Causes
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... and Treatment ... Plasmapheresis - Multiple ... Hyperviscosity #Syndrome #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Treatment
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
in adults are caused ... has two or more causes ... patients.8,9 Empiric treatment ... be treated for multiple ... treatments should
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... Behcet disease • Multiple
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... (eg Parkinson, Multiple ... Treatment: anticholinergics
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Multiple - usually ... multiple ill-defined ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... The most common causes ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... Multiple conditions ... before beginning treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
associated with multiple ... TBRF is caused by ... multiple Borrelia ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment
Smoking Cessation and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and a
is the leading cause ... risk factor for multiple ... NRT #management #treatment
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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- Emergency Causes ... Transverse myelitis • Multiple ... Neurosarcoidosis • Multiple ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... differential #diagnosis #causes