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Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup and Management ... Algorithm in Transplant ... Adjust IS medications ... #Algorithm #Transplant ... #diagnosis #differential
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
specificity is 0-18% How ... you perform age adjusted ... d-dimer testing ... Ddimer #dimer #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Prioritizing Tool • Low ... Global physical performance ... • Prescribe low ... Cirrhosis #diet #management ... #hepatology #pathophysiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Orthopedic • Low ... surgery Stress Testing ... medical and surgical management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
alkalosis • Normal or low ... renal potassium wasting ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... diagnosis #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology