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| Addison’s | Autoimmune (infection is the 2nd most common cause)
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| Aneurysm, dissecting | Hypertension
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| Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta | Atherosclerosis
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| Aortic aneurysm, ascending | 3° syphilis
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| Bacterial meningitis (adults) | Streptococcus pneumoniae
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| Bacterial meningitis (elderly) | S. pneumoniae
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| Bacterial meningitis (kids) | S. pneumoniae or Neisseria meningitidis
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| Bacterial meningitis (newborns) | Group B streptococcus
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| Cancer associated with AIDS | Kaposi’s sarcoma
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| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 21-hydroxylase deficiency
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| Cretinism | Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism
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| Cushing’s syndrome | Corticosteroid therapy (2nd most common cause is excess ACTH secretion by pituitary)
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| Death in CML | Blast crisis
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| Death in SLE | Lupus nephropathy
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| Dementia | Alzheimer’s (2nd most common is multi-infarct)
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| DIC | Gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma
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| Ejection click | Aortic/pulmonic stenosis
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| Food poisoning | S. aureus
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| Glomerulonephritis (adults) | IgA nephropathy (Berger’s disease)
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| Hematoma––epidural | Rupture of middle meningeal artery (arterial bleeding is fast)
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| Hematoma––subdural | Rupture of bridging veins (trauma; venous bleeding is slow)
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| Hemochromatosis | Multiple blood transfusions (can result in CHF and ↑ risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)
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| Hepatic cirrhosis | EtOH
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| Hepatocellular carcinoma | Cirrhotic liver (often associated with hepatitis B and C)
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| Holosystolic murmur | VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation
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| Hypertension, 2° | Renal disease
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| Hypoparathyroidism | Thyroidectomy
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| Hypopituitarism | Adenoma
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| Infection in blood transfusion | Hepatitis C
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| Infection in burn victims | Pseudomonas
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| Leukemia (adults) | AML
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| Machine-like murmur | PDA
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| Mental retardation | Down syndrome (fragile X is the 2nd most common cause)
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| MI | Atherosclerosis
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| Mitral valve stenosis | Rheumatic heart disease
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| Myocarditis | Coxsackie B
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| Nephrotic syndrome (adults) | Membranous glomerulonephritis
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| Nephrotic syndrome (kids) | Minimal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosteroids)
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| Opening snap | Mitral stenosis
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| Osteomyelitis | S. aureus
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| Osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease | Salmonella
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| Osteomyelitis with IVDA | Pseudomonas
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| Pancreatitis (acute) | EtOH and gallstones
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| Pancreatitis (chronic) | EtOH (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)
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| Peau d’orange | Carcinoma of the breast
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| PID | Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis)
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| Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection | Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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| Pneumonia, hospital-acquired | Klebsiella
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| Preventable blindness | Chlamydia
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| Primary amenorrhea | Turner’s (XO)
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| Primary hyperaldosteronism | Adenoma of adrenal cortex
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| Primary hyperparathyroidism | Adenoma
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| Pulmonary hypertension | COPD
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| Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause | Cor pulmonale
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| Right-sided heart failure | Left-sided heart failure
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| Sheehan’s syndrome | Postpartum pituitary infarction 2° to hemorrhage
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| SIADH | Small cell carcinoma of the lung
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| UTI | E. coli
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| UTI (young women) | E. coli and Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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