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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... diarrhea before testing ... pick specific tests ... the much smaller differential ... Diarrhea #Algorithm #Testing
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
Study • Clotting tests ... activity (e.g. antibody ... Mixing #Study #diagnosis ... #hematology #pathophysiology ... #hematology #laboratory
Bayesian combination of 4T score with Heparin PF4 antibody titer to obtain the post-test probability of
with Heparin PF4 antibody ... obtain the post-test ... PF4Antibody #Bayesian #Diagnosis ... #Hematology #HITT
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
 •
Warm Antibody Autoimmune ... Hemolytic Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... • Blood smear: Differential ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Causes of Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis
Inherited
 • Membrane
 • Internal
    - Hemoglobin
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Inherited ... Membrane - Antibody ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hematology
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... anti-transglutaminase antibody ... Reflects response to treatment ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Newer Syphilis Reverse Algorithm 

The advent of newer, faster 
treponemal antibody tests have 
allowed high-throughput of
faster treponemal antibody ... tests have allowed ... / ELISA trep antibody ... Reverse #Algorithm #Testing ... #Diagnosis
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... testing has higher ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis ... #testing #Rheumatology
The following graph was prepared based on the latest information on Testing for the Diagnosis of
information on Testing ... for the Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #HIVAIDS #Testing ... Windows #Screening #Antibody
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Often hard to differentiate ... and first-line treatment ... awaiting confirmatory testing ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Table #Hematology