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Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
for exclusion of PE ... are outlined in Table ... PulmonaryEmbolism #PE ... #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Table #Pregnant
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Consciousness - Workup ... Hemorrhage • See Imaging ... Refer to Blood Work ... and Imaging Sections ... #algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
United States, the workup ... rate for PE is ... are positive for PE ... receive d-dimer or imaging ... for PE, despite
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm History ... Well score for PE ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Primary Amenorrhea Differential Diagnosis Framework

Workup:
 • β-HCG, TSH and PRL
 • Breast Tanner Staging
 • FSH,
Diagnosis Framework Workup ... Breast Tanner Staging ... obgyn #gynecology #algorithm
Diagnostic approach to a limping child with an antalgic gait. 

(CBC = complete blood count; CRP
magnetic resonance imaging ... Antalgic #Gait #Algorithm ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Workup
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Get an LP and imaging ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... UnknownOrigin #workup
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... Algorithm and Differential ... NT-proBNP, cardiac imaging ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Algorithm #Differential
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
possible diagnostic algorithm ... test to rule out PE ... VTE #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Algorithm ... #PE