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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

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

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Arthrocentesis #Joint ... Effusion #Analysis #Table ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Typical Clinical Presentations of Septic Arthritis by Pathogen and Joint Involvement

#Diagnosis #Septic #Arthritis #Differential #History #Presentation
by Pathogen and Joint ... Septic #Arthritis #Differential ... Pathogen #Bacteria #Table
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Rickettsia) - VA Joint ... Borne #Illnesses #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
medical diagrams, tables ... pleuralfluid #analysis #interpretation ... criteria #algorithm #differential
Hepatitis B (HBV) Serology

HBsAg - Presence denotes current HBV infection (chronic or acute)
HBV Core Antibody -
infection at some point ... Diagnosis #Laboratory #Interpretation ... #Table
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
on examination table ... on the edge of table ... /her eyes on a point ... the examination table ... Vertiginous symptoms Interpretation
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
infarct STEMI - J point ... #Equivalents #Interpretation ... #differential
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Catheterization – Use and Interpretation ... #NormalValues #Differential ... #Table #Chambers