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NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic ... Supportive of Diagnosis ... at onset • >50 Leukocytes ... polymorphonuclear leukocytes ... Features That Rule out
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... chief complaint on admission ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... culture used to diagnose ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... stain and culture- Diagnose ... #rheumatology #Diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis ... osteoarthritis, gout ... septic arthritis diagnosis ... Treatment: admission ... unable to rule out
Abdominal X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Is there bowel dilatation, wall edema or pneumatosis?
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Interpretation Checklist ... you place every focus ... interpretation #radiology #diagnosis
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... help you figure out ... #Admitting #Admissions ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... morning • Effusion leukocyte ... Crystal induced (Gout ... fever • Lyme • Gout ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... and culture • Diagnose ... : • Uncertain diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Ascariasis on Point of Care Ultrasound

Got WORMS?! Ascariasis diagnosed by POCUS... see the parallel hyperechoic walls
Ultrasound Got ... Ascariasis diagnosed ... by POCUS... see ... clinical #ultrasound #pocus
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
peripheral blood leukocytes ... Differential Diagnosis ... high BANDemia on admission ... counts may delay diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis