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Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... effect following treatment ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... #DoubleVision #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Celiac, IBD) • ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm ... unresponsive to treatment ... without discernable cause ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Disease #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm • 40- ... fatigue despite clinical ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... /other causes • ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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) Approach • MILD ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... guided by clinical ... Prevention - Consider cause ... Hyperkalemia #management #algorithm
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... the critically ill ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... perfusion - Cardiac arrest
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... including those caused ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment