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Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... : Findings (COLOR ... STAIN CULTURE PCR TEST ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... #Table #Aspiration
Lower GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Suspected lower GI bleeding (LGIB):
 • Hematochezia 
 • Melena +
Lower GI Bleed - Management ... Algorithm Suspected ... Melena + right colon ... upper GI bleed) vs Stable ... LGIB #GIBleed #management
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
proteinuria as a disease state ... urine sediment and color ... physician could assess color ... includes the complete analysis ... Visual exam • Color
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
lesions or SSLs • Colon ... Colorectal #Cancer #colon ... #comparison #table ... #management #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
lesions or SSLs • Colon ... Colorectal #Cancer #colon ... #comparison #table ... #management #gastroenterology ... #CRC #Testing #
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
‘broaden’ this coverage ... clinical use, I’ve color ... coded the abx bars ... #pharmacology #management ... #spectrum #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
functional status - Able ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... determine if stress test ... Stable patients
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
echocardiography, MPI stress testing ... Color-coded images ... Pharmacologic stress testing ... exercise stress test ... candidates for testing
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Diagnosis and Management ... common initial testing ... performed is serologic analysis ... prompt additional tests ... TREATMENT: Clinically stable