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Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Elevation == Decreased ... Asplenia Laboratory Interference ... Reduction == Increase ... HgbA1c #Laboratory #Increase ... #Decrease #Diagnosis
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
Impaired Relaxation & Decreased ... Filling • Moderate Decrease ... Relaxation Speed - POCUS ... echocardiogram #grades #diagnosis ... #cardiology #POCUS
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
barotrauma and decreased ... (Tflow rate = decrease ... I:E ratio, decrease ... RR) • Decrease ... PEEP #pulmonary #diagnosis
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
TAPSE - Decreased ... Speckle Tracking: Decreased ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #diagnosis #Right ... Ventricular #cardiology #POCUS
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Spectrum of Response
Non-response:
 • Histology: Persistent eosinophilia, ≥ 15 eos/hpf
 • Symptoms:
symptoms, <30% decrease ... findings, <30% decrease ... • Symptoms: Decreased ... symptoms, 30-90% decrease ... EoE #Response #diagnosis
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Echogenicity - Brightness
Probe Positioning
Transducer Orientation
Knobology (DAG):
 • DEPTH - Can increase or
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... • DEPTH - Can increase ... or decrease viewing ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Negative feedback on hypothalamus/pituitary, Decreasing ACTH -> Decr Sex
Factors (GF's) • Decrease ... Osteocytes • Increase ... Bone Resorption, Decreased ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - Basics
Nomenclature:
 - Echogenicity = brightness
 - Hyperechoic = more echogenic
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... - DEPTH- can increase ... or decrease viewing ... Brightness of image #pocus
R Wave Progression - normal chest lead ECG shows an rS-type complex in lead V1 with
with a steady increase ... left chest and a decrease ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
may actually be decreased ... concentrations decrease ... ; however, the diagnosis ... WBC < 50,000 #Diagnosis