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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... response preceding infection ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... can vary from mild ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
HIV-AIDS Treating Mild ... with positive serology ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
growth factors (IGF-1, ... dysregulation -> Bacterial infection ... -2, IL-15, IL-17 ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Signs
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... varying degrees of: 1. ... - Pleocytosis: Mild ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
in critically ill ... Target -1, but will ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... No pharmacologic ... CriticalCare #diagnosis #management
IDSA - Diabetic Foot Infections - Suggested Route, Setting, and Duration of Antibiotic Therapy, by Clinical
Diabetic Foot Infections ... Therapy, by Clinical Syndrome ... Soft-tissue only: • Mild ... #antibiotics #pharmacology ... #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... failure - Infectious ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Disease (CPPD) Pathophysiology ... disease states 1. ... diagnose concomitant infection ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management