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Testing for Diabetes Type II
 - 
Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... Type II - Hemoglobin ... sugar test - Fasting ... Classification #Testing
Laboratory Testing in Hemolytic Anemia

Intravascular vs Extravascular Hemolysis
Reticulocytes
Unconjugated bilirubin
LDH
Peripheral smear
Haptoglobin
Urine hemosiderin
Urine hemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin

#Hemolytic #Anemia #Laboratory #Testing #workup
Laboratory Testing ... hemosiderin Urine hemoglobin ... Anemia #Laboratory #Testing
Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Does patient have recurrent episodes of urticaria, angioedema or isolated GI
then consider testing ... dairy in diet #AlphaGal
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
deficiency, Unstable hemoglobin ... metabolism defects, Hemoglobin ... workup #hematology #testing
ASE Guidelines for Noninvasive Vascular Testing
 • Carotid Arteries
 • Renal Arteries
 • Lower Extremities

#Noninvasive #Vascular
Noninvasive Vascular Testing ... Noninvasive #Vascular #Testing ... #POCUS
Some of the techniques used for Antenatal Diagnosis

Amniocentesis 
 - Chromosome/micro-array and DNA analysis 
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sampling - Fetal haemoglobin ... #Antenatal #Testing
Table of hemoglobin defects 

Alpha-Thal-2 
Alpha-Thal-1
Hb H disease 
Beta-thal minor 
Beta-thal major 
Beta-thal intermediate
Hb E trait
Hb
Table of hemoglobin ... Sickle-thal Alphathal ... @Bloodman #hemoglobin
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
VisualAbstract #POCUS ... #Specificity #Testing
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Associated Hematoma on POCUS ... the low resource setting ... , where skull pocus ... Fracture #Hematoma #POCUS
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Elderly M with hypotension, abdominal pain and respiratory distress! Let's scan the abdomen first!!!
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS ... Pneumoperitoneum in the setting ... #Perforation #POCUS