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How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
to Determine a Contaminant ... Most common contaminants ... jeikieum) (>88%) • Bacillus ... Contamination #Diagnosis ... #BCx #Laboratory
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Remember that clinician ... clues suggest Bacillus ... , usually a contaminant ... Interpretation #Laboratory ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Initial Clinical ... and Laboratory ... Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Table
Clinical Manifestations and Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption of Various Nutrients

#Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis #differential #table #nutrition
Clinical Manifestations ... and Laboratory ... Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis ... #differential #table
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... calcium-b) • Laboratory ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... sle #comparison #table ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung ... #Correlation #Table
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... - assess other laboratory ... or diagnostic tests
Distal Ureteral Stone
Pregnant woman (about 8 weeks by dates but no prenatal care yet) presents with
Vitals stable. ... Came out with diagnosis ... ureteral stone with POCUS ... Stone #ultrasound #clinical ... #pocus #pregnant
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
masses...initially diagnosed ... Anguished face but clinically ... completely stable ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Skull Fracture on POCUS
7 month-old after a fall and temporal swelling. normal neuro exam.  POCUS
Skull Fracture on POCUS ... POCUS shows? ... Ultrasound: Being able ... to diagnose a skull ... #clinical #ultrasound