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Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis ... Aside from the cutoffs ... for diabetes diagnosis ... important to know the cutoffs ... Criteria #A1c #Endocrinology
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
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Insufficiency Diagnosis ... Stimulation - Cutoffs ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Diagnosis Adrenal ... though some use a cutoff ... lower, you have diagnosed ... Insufficiency #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Stimulation #Endocrinology
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
treatment Induration cutoff ... patients Induration cutoff ... users Induration cutoff ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
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 ... Infarction #STEMI #diagnosis
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Trousseau's sign in hypocalcemia is elicited in when the hand
blood pressure cuff ... #Hypocalcemia #endocrinology
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis
Diabetes diagnosis #diabetes #diagnosis #endocrinology #chart
Diabetes diagnosis ... #diabetes #diagnosis ... #endocrinology
Algorithm for the diagnostic workup of hyperthyroidism. (T3 = triiodothyronine; T4 = thyroxine; TSH = thyroid-stimulating
Algorithm for the diagnostic ... hyperthyroidism #algorithm #diagnosis ... #workup #aafp #endocrinology
Causes of Hypercalcemia

#Differential #Hypercalcemia #Diagnosis #Causes #Endocrinology
Hypercalcemia #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Endocrinology