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

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

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... Inflammatory - Septic ... does not rule out septic ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis - Synovial Fluid Analysis
Normal < 150 WBC, Colorless/Straw color, High Viscosity
Noninflammatory < 3,000 WBC, Straw/yellow
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... Low Viscosity Septic ... Synovial #Fluid #Analysis ... #interpretation
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... #interpretation ... lights #criteria #algorithm
Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotics in Sepsis

Efficacy and Safety of Procalcitonin Guidance in Patients With Suspected or Confirmed
Antibiotics in Sepsis ... Suspected or Confirmed Sepsis ... Review and Meta-Analysis ... #Antibiotics #Sepsis ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Operationalization of New Sepsis and Septic Shock Criteria #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #QSofa #Score #Sepsis #SepticShock
Operationalization of New Sepsis ... and Septic Shock ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... #QSofa #Score #Sepsis ... #SepticShock #Algorithm
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Arthrocentesis Interpretation ... Culture: Negative Septic ... RBC's Crystal analysis ... #diagnosis #septic ... #joint #fluid #analysis
Fernando SM et al. Prognostic Accuracy of the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment for Mortality in
Review and Meta-Analysis ... pubmed/29404582 #EBM ... SIRS #Screening #Sepsis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... Pain/anxiety • Hepatic ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... respiratory #bloodgas #interpretation