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Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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Suspected Celiac Disease ... Iron-deficiency anemia ... unresponsive to treatment ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Autoimmune • CVID • Medications
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... • Reaction to Medications
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
Anosmia Causes - ... improve after treatment ... A medication history ... disorders #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Dysfunction #AAFP
Dysgeusia Causes - Principal Categories of Gustatory Dysfunction
A large number of medications have been implicated in
smell, as well as parosmia ... three months of treatment ... Parosmia, with resulting ... help #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Dysfunction #AAFP
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
chair, getting out ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment ... months (until the medication
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... the patient tap out ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
DDX: Rule Out ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... blood count with differential ... marrow studies Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - HIV/HAART medications
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
Anemia of Hospitalization ... our patient's out ... demonstrated that fluids ... of renal disease ... pathophysiology #differential