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Approach to determining the cause of a blood clot
1) Is it acquired?
2) Should you consider inheritable
determining the cause ... consider inheritable causes ... 3) Should you look ... VTE #diagnosis #causes ... #workup #thrombophilia
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Diagnosis and Workup ... Secondary causes ... are broad so start ... the most common cause ... Different #Diagnosis #Workup
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... Evaluate underlying cause ... <60 y) • +/- loop ... Ruled out other causes ... #CVA #stroke #workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Medications - Loop ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Look back in the ... why are there so ... Look it up Secondary ... you’ll do a good workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... drainage are vital, so ... of underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
Workup for cause ... pivotal in this case ... "just another case ... EtOH causes thiamine ... several mechanisms, so
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
abnormality So ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome – look ... obstructed AV pathway – look ... syncope, can be caused ... characteristically cause
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... So we are dealing ... also known as BOOP ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP