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Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... The diagnostic workup ... calcium-creatinine ratio should ... calcium-creatinine ratio cutoff ... family history should
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Diagnosis Adrenal ... though some use a cutoff ... cortisol level should ... lower, you have diagnosed ... Insufficiency #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis ... diffusion from IPVDs Diagnostic ... screening tool using cutoff ... Should be performed ... minutes of rest HPS Diagnostic
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Shoulder Exam - ... Test Rotator cuff ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Shoulder
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
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder ... surgery, rotator cuff ... ) or Prolonged shoulder ... pain • Shoulder ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Cross-arm shoulder ... Resisted shoulder ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

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