Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... - Post-infectious ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 β€’ Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 β€’ Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Clinical Findings ... initial phase of the disease ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... allopurinol), Infection ... , Alport Syndrome ... DAH, rule out infection ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 β€’ Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 β€’ Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... lymphoproliferative disease ... splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... causes #radiology #neurology
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 
Compression of median nerve 
Risk Factors 
 β€’ Obesity 
 β€’ Female gender
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... connective tissue diseases ... Aromatase inhibitor Treatment ... Glucocorticoid injections ... #CarpalTunnel #Syndrome
Simultagnosia on Physical Exam (Balint Syndrome)

The patient can recognize objects one at a time but cannot
Physical Exam (Balint Syndrome ... Simultagnosia #Balint #Syndrome ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #ophthalmology
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IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
HIV-AIDS Preventing Clinical ... Note: Treatment ... and preventing clinical ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 β€’ Intraorbital meningioma 
 β€’ Pituitary adenoma
for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Microvascular disease ... Infectious: ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #Ophthalmology
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... of COVID-19 Infection ... Editor Note (from ophthalmology ... Even with macular disease ... highlighted circle= clinical