9 results
#Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare #Sore #Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway #Emergency #RedFlags #Differential #Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare ... Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Symptoms #Ddxof
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Management Algorithm ... Hemorrhage • Acute Ischemic ... inhibitors) - Amy ... #Management #Algorithm ... #PrimaryCare
Initial assessment Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Delirium #AlteredMentalStatus #AMS #Assessment #Algorithm #Ddxof
Initial assessment ... AlteredMentalStatus #AMS ... #Assessment #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
organ damage, such as ... - Myocardial ischemia ... type-II myocardial ischemia ... don't qualify as ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Syndrome Testing Algorithm ... weakness, refractory hypertension ... Urine Free by LC-MS ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm ... #endocrinology
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical features: 
 - Weight loss, anorexia, Weakness, fatigue, GI distress
 - Hypotension,
Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI distress - Hypotension ... findings (see algorithm ... ): - AM serum ... Stimulation #StimTest #Endocrinology
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
and Management Algorithm ... (Dyslipidemia, Hypertension ... antipsychotics, HAART) - Amy ... Targets #Management #algorithm ... Classification #primarycare
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Infarction  Ischemic ... biomarker evidence of AMI ... Cardiogenic Shock  Hypotension ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Algorithm
Algorithmic approach to the initial evaluation of patients with suspected secondary hypertension. (CT = computed tomography;
Algorithmic approach ... suspected secondary hypertension ... Am Fam Physician ... #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare ... SecondaryHypertension #Evaluation #Algorithm