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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
bowel disease, Chronic ... diarrhoea, Short bowel syndrome ... dental fixatives, Treatment ... #Deficiency #diagnosis ... #symptoms #nutrition
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
not present in upper ... • Chronic alcoholism ... can improve symptoms ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... (chronic B1 deficiency
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... overload) Other Symptoms ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Venous disease (SVC ... , dural sinus thrombosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... #signs #symptoms
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... did not yield a diagnosis ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... Consider tumor • Upper ... vein thrombosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... and signs below ... Spinal artery thrombosis ... - Vit B12 and copper ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... with no early symptoms ... Physical Exam/Signs ... microglobulin Treatment ... • Richter’s Syndrome
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Episcleritis Signs ... and Symptoms: ... development of skin symptoms ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
age 70 years Symptoms ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... • Copper deficiency ... #diagnosis #hematology