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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... and Workup Clinical ... History: - Fever ... Inflammatory diseases ... #Causes
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
active ROM +/- fever ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... Workup: arthrocentesis ... count, and crystal evaluation ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , renal disease) ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Differential #Algorithm
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... Constitutional symptoms, Arthritis ... • Immunologic Workup ... : Chronic disease ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... - Infectious workup ... or TSH level if ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
Evaluation Guide ... Presentation • Fever ... associated w severe disease ... #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
the Journal of Clinical ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... reasoning during clinical ... evaluations. ... Anemia of renal disease
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... first step in evaluation ... (RA, Temporal arteritis ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... #differential #diagnosis