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Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... morning cortisol levels ... - Levels > 15 ... - Intermediate levels ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Embryonated egg in feces ... #Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
/Mg/Phos - CBC ... Relevant drug levels ... Carboxyhemoglobin level ... Substantially reduced level
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ramping up EPO levels ... mutations, EPO levels ... exogenous, EPO levels ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... larvae passed in feces ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm ... Presyncope: • Feels ... Vertigo: • Feels ... Dysequilibrium: • Feels ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 • Hyperthecosis
 • Tumor
Adrenal
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cycles and Androgen Levels ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
Ferritin levels ... dysfunction: elevated levels ... Decreased CD4 ... + and CD8+ T cell ... +/CD8+ ratio are
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
eggs passed in feces ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
eggs passed in feces ... eggs (passed in feces ... philippinensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc