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Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Cushing Syndrome ... - Likelihood Ratios ... striae LR NS Edema ... #LRs #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis ... Testing - Likelihood Ratios ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... #LRs #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
Ice-pack Test for Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood Ratio (LR) +24 / -0.16
Ice pack's can be used
for Myasthenia Gravis ... - Likelihood Ratio ... (LR) +24 / -0.16 ... #physicalexam # ... neurology #diagnosis
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
DVT - Likelihood Ratios ... - Tenderness - NS ... DVT #Likelihood #Ratios ... #PhysicalExam # ... diagnosis
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anti-Scl-70 - Scleroderma ... La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... Anti-TSHR - Graves ... Associations #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
Albuminuria (Grades ... : 30-300 mg/24 hrs ... defined as nephrotic syndrome ... #Albuminuria #Grades ... CKD #nephrology #diagnosis
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
of myasthenia gravis ... action (0.5 to 2 hrs ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... of myasthenia gravis ... #Pharmacology #Table
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics and Likelihood Ratios

The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have 
carpal
- Diagnostics and ... Likelihood Ratios ... pubmed/10865306 #Diagnosis ... #LRs #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... creatinine (UPC) ratio ... recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... Pulmonary #Renal #Syndromes
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Lassa fever virus, rabies ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... bowel disease, scleroderma ... polymyositis, myasthenia gravis ... #differential #diagnosis