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Age-Focused Initial Evaluation for Pyoderma Gangrenosum 

All Patients: 
 - A thorough history and physical examination
comorbidities and symptoms ... ) - CBC with differential ... #Gangrenosum #Workup ... #Evaluation #Age ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
during medical evaluation ... (common causes are ... organ-specific signs ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
idealization and devaluation ... two areas that are ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... (when evaluation ... renal bruit or signs
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in particular) Evaluation ... Bacterial, Fungal, AFB ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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You can use the mnemonic ... anxiety about work ... of illness, the symptoms ... MSE #psychiatry #diagnosis ... #evaluation #mnemonic
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
European descent • Age ... failure PBC Signs ... and Symptoms: ... bile ducts Differential ... #workup #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
indicate the initial evaluation ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... /signs should be ... uncertainty are ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Restraint - Shows excessive restraint in intimate
people unless they are ... hypersensitivity to negative evaluation ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs ... #Symptoms #Mnemonic
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs