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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
and Screening Testing ... MRA; abdominal CT ... infusion Adrenal CT ... CT or MRI scan of ... Screening #Workup #table
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Elimination (see Table ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Putrid sputum/sour-tasting ... seen • Chest CT ... Lung Abscess Management ... #treatment #diagnosis
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
CT or MRI • 2nd ... if diagnosis is ... : histologic diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine ... effective for treating ... If patient is stable ... methadone as first-line ... treatment.
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
concentration PET-CT ... Imaging (→ Diagnostic ... biopsy+++) • 2nd line ... #management #phenotypes ... #workup #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... undergo chest CT ... - 1st line: ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management ... suspicion for AEF: CTA ... is first-line study ... • CT findings ... Management: SURGERY
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... Then, ask 3 questions ... syndrome. 3% saline ... up to 3x in the setting ... #Treatment #management