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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... using Light's criteria ... medical diagrams, tables ... #interpretation ... #algorithm #differential
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
- Joint Fluid Analysis ... Effusion Characteristics ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... #Analysis #Table ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... #Analysis #Table ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
with Aberration - Interpretation ... a VT run) and fusion ... Brugada algorithm ... Morphology criteria
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
have no clinical criteria ... purposes of this algorithm ... , decreased LV function ... regurgitation, pericardial effusion ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Approach to PFTs:
1) Look at Flow-Volume Loop if available
2) FEV1/FVC <
Pulmonary Function ... Test (PFT) Interpretation ... Algorithm Approach ... (diffusion defect ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... hemodynamics and cardiac function ... Adequate perfusion ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
ventilation-to-perfusion ... regulation of perfusion ... is due to the fraction ... Quantitative analysis ... Giuseppe Citerio
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
should use this algorithm ... patient meets the criteria ... reference level Laboratory ... See table below ... #SmallPox #Laboratory