Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... - Causes and Treatment ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
• Clinical presentation ... Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia is usually caused ... approach to the differential ... the underlying cause ... demyelination syndrome ... #management #nephrology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #treatment #hematology
Fever vs Hyperthermia Fever: • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... • Treatment: ... comparison #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Autoimmune: • Isolated • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1 •
Causes of Adrenal ... Insufficiency - Differential ... Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome ... Polyglandular autoimrnune syndrome ... Thrombophilia • Critical
Treatment of NMS Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
Treatment of NMS ... hyperthermia, and management ... considered in milder cases ... #Management #NeurolepticMalignant ... #Syndrome #NMS
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment • TB meningitis • TB
play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Indications #infections #management ... #treatment
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