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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Shoulder Exam - ... Provocative Testing ... #PhysicalExam #Shoulder ... #Testing #Maneuvers ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... First, physicians should ... pick specific tests ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm
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 ... Nucleic acid tests ... generation sequencing (NGS ... Other methods #COVID19 ... sarscov2 #diagnosis #testing
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... algorithm. ... that should be ... decision for repeat testing ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... Step 1) Screening Test ... require Cosyntropin testing ... cortisol level should ... Insufficiency #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 ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... hemochromatosis #algorithm
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Proning Nursing Checklist ... ) - NG tube not ... of patient - Shoulders ... Infusion lines not resting ... Proning #Nursing #Checklist
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 ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
ACOG - Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With
Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Low Risk
Novel Coronavirus (COVID ... above and re-start algorithm ... examination and tests ... abdominal shielding) should ... ACOG #Pregnant #COVID19
Uncertainty Communication Checklist for Patient Discharge

Introduction
1. Explain to the patient that they are being discharged
2. Ask
Communication Checklist ... and/or by phone Test ... questions about testing ... what symptoms should ... Communication #Checklist