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Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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) - Pathophysiology ... lidocaine, +/- pre-treatment ... • Increased metabolic ... #elevated #Intracranial ... #Pathophysiology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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, Heat stroke, Metabolic ... Dermatomyositis) AKI ... - Pathophysiology ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... Summary #causes #treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Heat stroke - Metabolic ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... #nephrology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
• Labs: - Metabolic ... - AKI - Liver ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... normal/mildly elevated ... tissue damage (AKI
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... CSF: Modestly elevated ... An elevated white ... epilepticus Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Puncture: - Elevated ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... intensive care unit (ICU ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Hypochloremic metabolic ... • Seizures • Rhabdomyolysis ... Treatment - ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology