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Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
decreased glycosylated fraction ... < 20% Differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Fractional Excretion of Sodium - FENa
Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa) = (Urine Na+ x Serum Cr)
Fractional Excretion ... Sodium - FENa Fractional ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #FENA #Fractional
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
preserved ejection fraction ... ; EF, ejection fraction ... ejection time; FAC, fractional
Approach to Nausea / Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Gastrointestinal 
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Nausea / Vomiting - Differential ... Genitourinary • Functional ... Nausea #Vomiting #Differential
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Algorithm Dietary / Functional ... Fibrosis Dietary/Functional ... #Constipation #Differential
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Diagnosis and Treatment ... with TSAT <20% (functional ... reasonable to improve functional ... algorithm #cardiology #treatment
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
/diagnosis and treatment ... reduced ejection fraction ... #Indications #Treatment
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
and Bloating - Treatment ... Dysfunction • Functional ... Dyspepsia • Functional ... Diagnostics and Testing Treatment ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Treatment
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Preserved Ejection Fraction ... preserved ejection fraction ... , treatment with
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
reduced ejection fraction ... cardiomyopathy #differential