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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... leukocytes and occult blood ... barium, CT, or MR ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
edema visualized as ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... elevated white blood ... the underlying cause ... #management #neurology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... High mortality. ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
• Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... High mortality. ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... normal CSF white blood ... - Spinal MRI may ... #management #neurology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... extraction is so high ... little coronary blood ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... extraction is so high ... treat the primary cause ... little coronary blood ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Mountain Sickness - High Altitude
Incidence varies - rate increases with altitude and rate of ascent
Acute Mountain Sickness ... - High Altitude ... Acetazolamide 250 mg BID ... Mountain #Sickness #High ... #diagnosis #management