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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis
The percentage of syncopal events secondary to arrhythmias or structural disease is generally
- Differential Diagnosis ... Drug induced • ANS ... block) • Tachy (VT ... stenosis • HOCM • Pulmonary ... #causes
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Microvascular thrombosis ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Bypass Other Treatment ... thrombosis and ... recurrent VTE
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... autoantibodies that will cause ... vasculopathy, thrombosis ... permeability Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Venous disease (SVC ... syndrome, dural sinus thrombosis ... , VTE) • Cardiac ... Arthritis, AS Treatment
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... Treat primary cause ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... should be based on clinical ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... contrast-enhanced TTE ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... pleural effusions, CNS ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary