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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
and Evaluation: Cost ... - Cost per test ... #testing #Cost ... Effectiveness #table ... #comparison
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... two aspects of post-intubation ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
antibodies - Most ... test - High sensitivity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... Tests #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Table
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm • ... Direct Iniury (Post-Coronarv ... Occlusion • Stable ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
For most indications ... range 2-3) for most ... #management #algorithm ... #medications #table
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Modalities for Workup ... endoscopy limits, high sensitivity ... for detection of most ... bowel duplication cysts ... Bleed #GIBleed #management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... patient: AIDS, post-transplantation ... Ova and parasite testing ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
first pressor in most ... (arrhythmia in setting ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... criticalcare #summary #comparison ... #table #pharmacology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... mineralocorticoid deficiency, Post-AKI ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... Renal Losses (AKI, Post-AKI ... differential #diagnosis #table
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... - Management of ... effective for treating ... If patient is stable ... Buprenorphine #Treatment #Algorithm