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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 ... are shown in Table ... Neither formula ... #Calculation #Formulas
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... 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)
Approach to Acid Base ... Evaluation and Differential ... done by using formulas ... Differential Diagnosis ... Evaluation #workup #Differential
To get the most out of the sediment examination it is important to approach it in
clinical scenario and formulate ... compartments (Table ... information and formulate ... InjurySite #Findings #Differential ... #Table
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
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... implies being able ... #Calculation #Table ... #PPV #NPV #Formulas
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
Light's criteria and based ... medical diagrams, tables ... lights #criteria #algorithm ... #differential
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based ... algorithm Urine ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... differentiated based ... have a broader differential ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
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 ... Nutrition #comparison #table