Bells palsy

طبعاً ال Most common cause of 2ry causes is Metabolic 💡

📝Dx of Muliple sclerosis (MS)

MS is diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings and supporting evidence from ancillary tests

✅️Magnetic resonance imaging: The imaging procedure of choice for confirming MS monitoring disease progression in the CNS
Showing hyperintensity on T2-weighted images.
typical locations for MS lesions include the periventricular white matter, brainstem

✅️Visual Evoked potentials: Used to identify subclinical lesions; results are not specific for MS

✅️Lumber puncture:
evaluated for oligoclonal bands and intrathecal immunoglobulin G (IgG) production.

ركزوا على ال oligomonoclonal antibiotics مهمة هلبا في ال MCQs 🩺

📝Dx of GBS

GBS is generally diagnosed on clinical grounds
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✅️Cerebrospinal fluid studies
➡️showed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein level (>400 mg/L)

✅️Needle EMG and nerve conduction studies
Showings sings of demyelination

✅️PFT
Restrictive pattern, RF type 2

✅️Investigations to exclude other DD
Electrolyte levels
Liver function tests (LFTs)
Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

🩺Most common causes of pancreatitis in UK are

📝Gallstones
📝Alcohol

❇️CRP is now widely used marker of severity in acute pancreatitis.

مهمة هلبا في ال MCQ📝

ديما ال exception يجيبوا Lipase او Amylase و هما ما ليهم علاقة بالكرايتيريا.

🩺Dx of acute pancreatitis

❇️To confirm the DX
➡️pancreatic enzymes
Lipase more specific than Amylase ركزوووا 💢

❇️To assess the severity
➡️HCT
➡️WBC
➡️BUN
➡️CRP

❇️Imaging
➡️Abd US
📝Initial test ركزووووا💢
تشوفوا بيها edematous pancrease و منه ينشاف بيها لو فيه gallstones او dilatation of biliary tract و هكي نكونوا عرفنا السبب و نزيدوا ناكدوا نطلبوا عالبيشنت MRCP

➡️CT with contrast
Not routinly indicated, only in Dx is in doubt ركزوووا 💢.

💠Barrett’s esophagus.
✅Dx:
1️⃣The appearance of the esophageal lining (salmon pink color compared to normal white color).
2️⃣The salmon-pink area has specialized intestinal metaplasia.
3️⃣The white area is squamous epithelium.

Barium swallow showed corkscrew appearance of the distal esophagus denoting #sever_esophagal_spasm📝

🟪Key points 📝
#Gastroenterology

Jundice + newly diagnosed DM = Hemochromatosis

Jundice + abnormal movement = Wilsone disease

Jundice + itching = PBC

Jundice + H/O UC = PSC

Jundice + fever + RUQ pain = Ascending cholngitis

H/O DM + HTN + smoking + H/O post prandial abdominal pain = Mesenteric ischemia

Multiple ulcers + diarrhea = Zolinger syndrome

🟨Dyphagia📝

Dysphagia to both fluids and solids = Achalasia
Dysphagia to solids only = Malignancy

🟨Alcoholic hepatitis
⬆️AST > ALT 2:1

🟨Non Alcoholic fatty liver
⬆️ALT > AST

عكس بعض ركزوا عليهم📝

🟨PBC and ( role of M)📝

Ig M
Anti Mitochondrial Abs
M2 subtype
Middle aged female

🟨Most common site of Carcinoid syndrome is

📝Ileum.

✳️Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
SBP

📝Cause ➡️E.coli
📝Dx➡️Paracentesis➡️Neutrophils > 250 cells/ul
📝TTT➡️IV cefotaxime