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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... deficienies Labs: - Basic ... function test, ANA (e.g ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... However, it may
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... hypertension (eg
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... oral secretions (e.g ... (vital signs, clinical ... subjective dyspnea, etc
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
review the chart at ... hyponatremia, AKI, etc ... if indicated, also ... • Most will also ... get an EKG and
Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating.
Often it starts as ... Occasionally there may ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #EKG #AtrialFibrillation ... #ECGEducator
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
- "True" BCNIE may ... antimicrobials, clinical ... special stains (e.g ... specific pathogens also ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
underlying autoimmune basis ... skull neoplasms (e.g ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... not be subtle e.g ... very remarkable w/differential ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
of the clinical ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... at least two or ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... inflammatory disease (e.g ... Chemistry profile (e.g ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup