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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Risk Factors and Signs ... , Chronic diarrhoea ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... • Metabolic: Menkes ... #riskfactors #symptoms
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Chronic Lymphocytic ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... uw_IMresidency #CLL #Chronic ... Lymphocytic #Leukemia #oncology ... #hematology #hemeonc
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... cells can indicate disease ... microglobulin Treatment ... diagnosis #workup #oncology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear ... abdominal pain, chronic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
from hormonal and metabolic ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... disease/malabsorptive ... overload) Other Symptoms ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
obvious causes (chronic ... m/s • Other signs ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... through reduced cGMP metabolism ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
thigh bones -> chronic ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... mineralization Symptoms ... Nephrolithiasis • Metabolic ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms ... other causes of neurologic ... over course of disease ... Initiate empiric treatment ... #hepatology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Presentation: - Disease ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology