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Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
trials with the FDA ... #Publication #Bias ... #Comparison #FDA
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
blood cells + ADA ... high specificity ADA ... lymphocytes % + ADA ... and specificity ADA ... Laboratory #Testing #diagnosis
Ductal View for Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)

“Ductal view” for PDA. See red continuous flow. Once PA
Ductus Arteriosus (PDA ... Ductal view” for PDA ... Once PA pressure ... disappear and the diagnosis ... Ductus #Arteriosus #PDA
Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
trials with the FDA ... #Publication #Bias ... #Comparison #FDA
IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 • IBS
 • Fibrostenotic
- Differential Diagnosis ... drug clearance - ADA ... Non-adherence • PD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA)
Tests:
 • MCV/RBC - RBC ↓ in proportion to the ↓ in hemoglobin
Deficiency Anemia (IDA ... Deficiency #Anemia #IDA ... #ferritin #Fe #diagnosis
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
IBD Pearls: • IDA ... differentiate IDA ... IBD #Algorithm #diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... Infrapatellar fat-pad ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk
Third Generation Antipsychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
(Atypical Anti-Psychotics) Example: Aripiprazole
Dopamine D2 Receptor Partial Agonist
 • Binds
Prevents excess DA ... and deficient DA ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... variable tremor, mask ... deutetrabenazine are FDA-approved