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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Warm ... Shock - Bibasilar Lung ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... Vomiting • Diarrhea
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... Ova and Parasite ... Workup #Management #Algorithm ... #Transplant #diagnosis
Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS
Here's a little symptom-based guide to OIs in pts with HIV I made
Hemoptysis - Pulmonary ... GI Bleeding - Diarrhea ... Opportunistic #Infections #Diagnosis ... Guide #Symptoms #Signs
Atypical HUS - Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Unlike typical HUS, which is shigatoxin mediated, aHUS is not typically
associated with diarrhea ... autoimmune like SLE ... renal, cardiac, pulmonary ... complement blockade) Long ... Uremic #Syndrome #diagnosis
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea ... vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... ischemia, Acute cor pulmonale ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hypernatremia ... Osmotic diuresis (see ... loss • Watery Diarrhea ... #Algorithm #Causes
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Kounis syndrome Lungs ... Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... #anaphylaxis #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
abdominal pain, diarrhea ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative ... • Burns • Diarrhea ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes