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Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Polypharmacy - Hospitalization ... Geriatrics #Diagnosis #Differential
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
Mood Disorders - Differential ... psychosis, no hospitalization ... MoodDisorders #Elevated #Differential
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Anemia of Hospitalization ... two days during hospitalization ... Interestingly, anemia of hospitalization ... Hg/Hct During Hospitalization ... pathophysiology #differential
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
Elevated Moods - Differential ... psychosis, no hospitalization ... Depressed #Elevated #Differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
particularly if recent hospitalization ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Pseudocellulitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Cellulitis Mimics

Cellulitis: Deep skin and subcutaneous fat infection

Pseudo
Pseudocellulitis - Differential ... antibiotic use and hospitalization ... Pseudocellulitis #Differential
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
and decreased hospitalizations ... mortality and CV hospitalization
Hospitalization for the Evaluation of Patients with Low Risk Chest Pain 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Hospitalization ... things-we-do-no-reason-hospitalization-evaluation-patients ... #Admission #Hospitalization
After emergency intubation, 33% percent of older adults die during the index hospitalization. #EBM #PatientInfo #Geriatrics
during the index hospitalization
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
leading to: ↑ HF Hospitalization ... Quality of life and hospitalizations