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Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
calcium-creatinine ratio cutoff ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential
Prior Fever in a Returning Traveler – PEARLs
Remember that in any returning traveler with a fever
Fever #Traveler #Cutoff ... Subacute #Acute #Differential
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
though some use a cutoff ... Step 3) Differentiate
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
with lower WBC cutoff ... approach #workup #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
treatment Induration cutoff ... patients Induration cutoff ... users Induration cutoff
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

Criteria:
• New ST-segment elevation at the J point in 2 contiguous leads
leads with the cutoff ... leads V2-V3 the cutoff
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
Aside from the cutoffs ... important to know the cutoffs
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Women have lower cutoffs