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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Consciousness - Workup ... Refer to Blood Work ... and Imaging Sections ... #algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... Algorithm and Differential ... osmolarity If cause ... NT-proBNP, cardiac imaging ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... , Vascular imaging ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... - Small bowel imaging ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... to workup right-heart ... shudder by M‐mode imaging ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
The FAST exam from the case in this episode reveals a massive hemopericardium with tamponade. RV
exam from the case ... Crazy case with ... amazing pathology ... #Peds #Trauma #POCUS ... #PSAX #Echocardiogram
Possible Algorithm for Workup of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
Tier 1 Workup:
 • CBC, comprehensive metabolic
Possible Algorithm ... for Workup of Fever ... • Abdominal imaging ... Neuroimaging • Echocardiogram ... DrEricStrong #FUO #Algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... patient before making ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... ECF and ICF both work ... - into the ECF making ... K+ in the ECF causes
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram ... tissue Doppler imaging ... prolapsing leaflets causes ... Pickelhaube #Sign #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology