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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Tuberculosis: can cause ... • Abdominal pain ... • Back pain ... clue • Blood tests ... ACTH stimulation test
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: Most Common Cause ... Adrenalitis Other causes ... , Muscle/joint pain ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST:
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - ... Abdominal pain ... extra-abdominal causes ... #Localization #Causes ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Marcus Gunn Pupil - Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (RAPD)
Definition: Afferent loop of the pupillary light reflex
Optic nerve* (main ... cause), Retina, ... due to MS How to test ... Swinging flashlight test ... swinging light test
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... vertigo Diagnostic tests ... - Ice cube test ... , TempTest test
Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
Chest pain, good ... WMAs support your case ... Clinical #Diagnosis #POCUS
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
the screening test ... correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... the screening test ... it has a narrow focus
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
ANGINA - Angina pain ... Angina pain occurs ... at rest or progresses ... thrombus formation causes ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Ruptured Ovarian Cyst on Pelvic Ultrasound

22 year old female w/ acute onset RLQ pain & TTP
acute onset RLQ pain ... Urine pregnancy test ... though (just in case ... gynecology #obgyn #POCUS
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Management Caused ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test