Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome: • Progressive muscle weakness
Syndrome Features ... Syndrome: • Progressive ... Miller Fisher syndrome-Bickerstaff ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #criteria #neurology
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
Algorithm showing ... GBS, Guillain-Barré ... syndrome; HNPP, ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Neuropathy #Peripheral #Algorithm
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... , Alport Syndrome ... Pulmonary #Renal #Syndrome
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... CIDP, Guillain-Barre ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness Epidemiology: • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... to a preceding infection ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Unprovoked - Epilepsy: • Focal: Simple, Complex • Generalized: Absence,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... brain injury • Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Hantavirus Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir Transmission: • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
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