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Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... severe clinical ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Clinical Presentation ... musculoskeletal symptoms ... Psychiatric symptoms ... , or any other cause ... #Nutrition #Diagnosis
A wandering atrial pacemaker, (WAP), is an atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker
wandering atrial pacemaker ... identifiable on ECG ... athletes and rarely causes ... symptoms or requires ... #Clinical #MedStudent
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... are not caused ... patients have no symptoms ... of diagnosis (e.g
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
Pathogenesis and clinical ... retroperitoneal masses ... scrotal venous distention ... #Varicocele #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... to manifest its symptoms ... , alcohol use, symptoms ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... to produce all classes ... immunity Signs/Symptoms ... bacterial infections (e.g ... Agammaglobulinemia #XLinked #pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... • EEG: With persistent ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Infectious causes ... antibodies • Nutritional
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... EMG: LMN Signs in