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Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... specificity for AI (but low ... - Check ACTH before ... cortisol level should ... - Low ACTH is
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm ... Standard Stim test ... Measure cortisol before ... primary AI - Low ... #ACTH #Stimulation
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... beta-2 adrenergic simulation ... • GI losses (NG ... vomiting) • Low ... #nephrology #low
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... hormone (ACTH) stimulation ... test AND • Baseline ... plasma ACTH Low ... insufficiency • Low
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... type of diarrhea before ... First, physicians should ... pick specific tests
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Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... Before evaluating ... and paralysis should ... If present, it should ... consumption • Low
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
liver disease algorithm ... , signifying a low ... Second-line tests ... children, the text ... Disease #NAFLD #algorithm
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Low ascitic fluid ... protein should ... lymphatic obstruction before ... differential should ... diagnosis #workup #algorithm
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... initial screening test ... should be TS and ... be considered before ... hemochromatosis #algorithm
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... fantastically useful test ... and should be prioritized ... unstable patients should ... Trauma #BigTrauma #BeforeCT