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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Interpretation Algorithm ... • Normal • ... Interstitial Lung Disease ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... Interpretation #Algorithm
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Pruritus - Generalized ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diabetes Mellitus Liver ... • Cholestatic liver ... disease Creatinine
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Pruritus - No Primary ... • Cholestatic liver ... disease Creatinine ... Pruritus #secondary #systemic ... #generalized #dermatology
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Destruction • Abnormal ... Vascular System ... TeIangiectasia Vascular System ... Iatrogenic) • Liver
Abnormal Lipid Profiles - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Increased Cholesterol and Triglycerides 
 - Genetic Causes
Abnormal Lipid Profiles ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Deficiency • Primary ... • Obstructive Liver ... Disease
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Mislabelled - Repeatedly normal ... • Renovascular disease ... Hyperthyroidism (mainly systolic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Discovered by Tillett & Francis in 1930. First identified as a substance in the serum
synthesized by the liver ... protein that is primarily ... other autoimmune diseases ... viral infections, systemic ... or inflammatory disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
yeast • Found primarily ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... acute pulmonary, systemic ... level • A low or normal ... the circulatory system
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... frequently affected systems ... up EPO levels Primary ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease