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Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

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Light's Criteria ... Effusions #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Lights ... #Criteria #Pleural
Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Modified Duke Criteria ... Clinical Criteria ... Two major criteria ... 2. ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome Light's Criteria ... Pleural Fluid LDH > 2/ ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Lights #Criteria
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index Scoring Criteria #EBM #Diagnosis #Management #PESI #RiskSscore #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Pulmonary Embolism ... Index Scoring Criteria ... #EBM #Diagnosis
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria ... Nugget on Light's Criteria ... for diagnosis of ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
Pulmonary Embolism ... Rule-Out Criteria ... astonishingly high, with 1-2% ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Embolism #RuleOut #Criteria
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Clinical Features: Fever, Splenomegaly, Hepatomegaly, Lymphadenopathy, Confusion
Classic lab findings in HLH: ↑↑ ferritin, Anemia,
, ↑ soluble IL-2 ... receptor Diagnostic ... Criteria for HLH ... ): Molecular diagnosis ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic ... criteria for asthma-COPD ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... limit of normal #Diagnosis ... #Asthma #COPD #Criteria
Sgarbossa’s ECG criteria for detecting ischemia in the presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB)

The Sgarbossa
Sgarbossa’s ECG criteria ... The Sgarbossa criteria ... Each criteria gives ... 2 to 5 points. ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Rheumatic Fever - Jones Criteria
An autoimmune condition. Peak incidence is 5-15 yrs of age.
Triggered by infection
symptoms develop 2- ... can be used to diagnose ... strep infection +2 ... 1 major + 2 minor ... #Diagnosis