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Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
Among critically ill ... organ injury particularly ... #Diagnosis #Intraabdominal ... #Hypertension #IAH ... #Grades #Classification
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... ptosis with CN Ill ... a mass as the cause ... #Ophthalmology
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Disorders • CN Ill ... Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #ocular
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
larger) • Type Ill ... Ill - Fracture ... Fractures: • Type IA ... Tarsometatarsal Injury ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Pterygium Grading Classification

Grade 0 - There is no pterygium tissue present
Grade 1 (trace)- Pterygium tissue is
Pterygium Grading Classification ... 2 (mild) - Pterygium ... Pterygium #Grading #Classification ... #grades #diagnosis ... #clinical #ophthalmology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
- Differential Diagnosis ... think about three clinical ... Myasthenia gravis ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... photophobia - Mild ... Traumatic brain injury ... #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis ... : • Based on clinical ... More likely to cause ... - Improves clinical ... #Myasthenia #Gravis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... the critically ill ... liver or renal injury ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury ... #typeb #classification