Dressler’ syndrome
= delayed pericarditis (one week to one month) after an acute myocardial infarction or cardiac trauma
Dressler’ syndrome
= delayed pericarditis (one week to one month) after an acute myocardial infarction or cardiac trauma
Some (common) causes of anticholinergic syndrome
Internuclear ophtalmoplegia
= due to lesions of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) dorsomedial pons or midbrain
Anticholinergic syndrome
It can be causes by a large number of drugs and plants. There is probably a mnemonic for it but I hate mnemonics (and can’t remember them anyway). But as you look at your patient starting from the head, it’s not hard to remember what symptoms you can get with anticholinergic syndrome:
When we order liver function tests (LFTs) we normally get ALT / GGT / ALP / bilirubin / total protein / albumin. But are these true liver function tests? Should we add anything?
C1 inhibitor deficiency
= autosomal dominant disease resulting in inherited or acquired deficiency in C1 inhibitor