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Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
albuminuria is useful in monitoring ... albuminuria, and is less expensive ... it is much more expensive ... infections are common causes ... glomerular #testing #workup
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
albuminuria is useful in monitoring ... albuminuria, and is less expensive ... it is much more expensive ... infections are common causes ... glomerular #disease #workup
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Cardiac Event Monitoring ... Disadvantages: Short monitoring ... Advantages: Longer monitoring ... Disadvantages: Expensive ... Cardiac #Event #Monitoring
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Consciousness - Workup ... Refer to Blood Work ... #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #Causes
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
Train of Four monitoring ... why and how it works ... Neuromuscular Monitoring ... www.uptodate.com/contents/monitoring-neuromuscular-blockade
Hypercalcemia Workup and Differential Diagnosis Framework
1) Determine whether PTH-dependent
2) Assess for other hormonal causes
3) Assess for
Hypercalcemia Workup ... other hormonal causes ... for non-hormonal causes ... Hypercalcemia #Workup
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Diagnosis and Workup ... Secondary causes ... the most common cause ... Different #Diagnosis #Workup
Approach to determining the cause of a blood clot
1) Is it acquired?
2) Should you consider inheritable
determining the cause ... consider inheritable causes ... VTE #diagnosis #causes ... #workup #thrombophilia
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
#KidneyInjury #Causes ... #Differential #Workup