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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... using Light's criteria ... #interpretation ... #lights #criteria ... #algorithm #differential
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
- Joint Fluid Analysis ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... Pseudogout #Septic #Infective ... #Arthritis #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... Pseudogout #Septic #Infective ... #Arthritis #Interpretation
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
source: Malignancy, Infection ... Albumin #Gradient #Interpretation ... #Differential # ... Analysis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... • IRIS might ... /Edema • EBV analysis ... CNS #Infections #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Infarction - Infection ... proprioception, vibration, light ... dysfunction - Flaccid paralysis ... rectal sphincter paralysis ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
blood cytopenias/Ineffective ... • Parvovirus infection ... appear normal, but analysis ... might find that ... blood count with differential