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Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Primary and Secondary ... Diagnosis Red ... Headache Sx change Migraine ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy ... #secondary #management
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Diagnosis and Treatment ... Diagnosis is primarily ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #management #nephrology ... #sodium
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... approach to the differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #management #nephrology ... #sodium
Primary Polydipsia
Definition: Excessive volitional water intake
Epidemiology:
 • 6-20% of patients with psychiatric disorders - Most commonly
diabetes insipidus Differential ... Diagnosis: Diabetes ... Urine Osm, Serum Sodium ... , Urine Sodium ... #management #nephrology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... Treatment of GCA ... #Management
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
(3) primary lateral ... conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
thiazide-sensitive sodium ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
causing varied neurologic ... Progressive (SPMS) - Primary ... - Symptom management ... Demyelinating #diseases #neurology ... #CNS #Differential
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Pruritus with no primary ... lesions - differential ... diagnosis: • ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Nephrology #CKD