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Testing for Diabetes Type II
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Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... - Fasting blood ... #Prediabetes #Classification ... #Testing #A1c # ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis
Asthma Severity Classification and Step Therapy

#Diagnosis #Management #Asthma #Classification #Severity #Step #Therapy #ALiEM
Asthma Severity ... Classification and ... Step Therapy #Diagnosis ... #Severity #Step ... #Therapy #ALiEM
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
- Provocative Testing ... - Hawkin’s Test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing ... #Impingement #ALiEM
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
assessment and classification ... COPD Assessment Test ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Staging #Severity ... FEV1FVC #mMRC #Classification
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... infections • Severely ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Chronicity/severity ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test
COVID-19 Diagnostics In Context
Nucleic acid tests (NATs, for viral RNA)
1. Real time RT-PCR
2. Isothermal amplifcation
3. CRISPR
4.
COVID-19 Diagnostics ... generation sequencing (NGS ... Serological rapid diagnostic ... COVID19 #sarscov2 #diagnosis ... #testing #laboratory
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Vomiting / NG ... type 4) - Salt wasting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Potassium #Table #Classification
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia
There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
A lazy man's classification ... approaches to the diagnosis ... essentially the same tests ... cerebral salt wasting ... #Diagnosis #Hyponatremia
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... albumin - Assess severity ... C3, C4 - Test for ... #glomerular #testing ... #workup #diagnosis