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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Disorders - Evaluation ... and Differential ... chronic) of the disorder ... done by using formulas ... Differential Diagnosis
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... eGFR) in adults based ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation ... #Formulas #Creatinine
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
that any given case ... implies being able ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... #Table #PPV #NPV ... #Formulas #Statistics
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 ... ; knowledge of disorder ... Biostatistics #formulas ... #calculations #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
balanced, nutritious Table ... polymeric liquid formulas ... CD-TREAT - Solid food-based ... PEN) - EN liquid formula ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
be determined based ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table