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Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult and Pediatrics

Check on the health of a newborn baby using the
Scale - Adult and Pediatrics ... the health of a newborn ... scoring system best ... Manage the newborn ... #Diagnosis #Score
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... • The goal of diagnosing ... patients with recent ... Tuberculosis infection • Recent ... #Workup #TB #Latent
Approach to the neonate with jaundice

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Neonatal #Jaundice #Algorithm #Differential #Workup

** GrepMed Recommended Text:
with jaundice #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Differential #Workup ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... liver function test ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension #Workup
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... cutoff >5mm: • Recent ... individual with active ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST ... #diagnosis #Interpretation
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Vascular imaging → Test ... surgery, trauma, active ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... #hematology #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... Active: Symptomatic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
and workup ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... ... laboratory tests ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Workup
Diagnostic approach to a limping child with an antalgic gait. 

(CBC = complete blood count; CRP
Diagnostic approach ... count; CRP = C-reactive ... #Child #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
TB: • HIV • Recent ... Active: Symptomatic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis