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To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
predict GFR, these formulas ... commonly used formulas ... assistant medical calculation ... Neither formula ... #Calculation #Formulas
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Equations for estimated ... eGFR) in adults based ... CockcroftGault #EGFR #Equations ... #Calculation #Formulas
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... and Differential ... done by using formulas ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Disorders #Evaluation
Prediction of Compensatory Responses on Simple Acid-Base Disturbances

#acidbase #compensation #metabolic #respiratory #diagnosis #calculations #formulas #acidosis #alkalosis
on Simple Acid-Base ... respiratory #diagnosis #calculations ... #formulas #acidosis
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... Table #PPV #NPV #Formulas
Algorithm for workup of thrombocytopenia based on observation of the peripheral blood film. 
TTP/HUS indicates thrombotic
Algorithm for workup ... thrombocytopenia based ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Algorithm #Thrombocytopenia ... #Evaluation
Acid-Base Disorders - Expected Compensation Equations

Metabolic Acidosis:
 • pCO2 = 1.5 x HCO3 + 8 ±
Acid-Base Disorders ... Expected Compensation Equations ... ± 2 (Winter’s formula ... ↓ 4 #Acid #Base
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... differentiated based ... have a broader differential ... require emergent evaluation ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
cause-effect Case ... prove causation Case ... NPV Odds ratio (case ... Biostatistics #formulas ... #calculations #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
be determined based ... are excellent at evaluating ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management