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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... negative if on low-gluten ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Laboratory #Tests ... #Table
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Diagnosis Poor ... type 4) - Salt wasting ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Potassium #Table ... #Classification
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
(LFTs) and a serum ... chest wall, and low ... (to support a diagnosis ... #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... gastric bypass), LFT
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
decision for repeat testing ... #LFTs #Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Familial renal Mg wasting ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
TTP - Laboratory ... , tests to detect ... indirect antiglobulin tests ... WBC count and differential ... #Workup #Hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
originate from a low-grade ... Positive Coombs testing ... younger pts) Differential ... test #cold # ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
and fever) and laboratory ... anti-Smith Ab, low ... Skin Disease Classification ... permanent alopecia Differential ... , lymphopenia, low
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
false positive tests ... adjusted d-dimer testing ... pathophysiology #hematology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #age #