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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... polarized light microscopy
Fern test. Fern test refers to detection of a characteristic 'fern like' pattern of cervical mucus
Fern test. ... Fern test refers ... under a low-power microscope ... amnioticfluid #Microscopy ... Cervix #Cervical #Clinical
Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
and Associated Diseases ... Morphologies #Key #Atlas #Microscopy ... Pathology #Hematology #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Pathologic Basis of Disease
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... Disease Tissue ... patients with celiac disease ... value for celiac disease ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
ARDS Diagnosis ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... manifestations • MAT microscopic ... agglutination - test ... #microbiology #diagnosis
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
conjunction with the clinical ... the differential diagnoses ... biochemistry, microscopic ... examinations & infectious disease ... tests.
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... tests - Ice cube ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... will correctly diagnose ... identify a non-diseased ... picks up only the disease
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... polarized light microscopy ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis