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Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Hypernatremia Diagnosis ... and Workup Step ... Assess volume status ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #Nephrology
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
on POCUS RUSH ... exam for fever, ... Diagnosis? ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical #Crohns
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... CBC, vitamin D level ... COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
Intraabdominal Abscess ... on POCUS Fever, ... Diagnosis? ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... 3 questions to work ... Assess volume status ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #nephrology #sodium
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... #Management #Workup
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Pain reported at level ... loss: Sensory level ... #algorithm
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
to assess and monitor ... EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical ... non-alcoholic fatty liver ... Steatohepatitis #Workup ... #Algorithm #Followup
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Benign ... Carcinoma - Abscess ... - Fever and leukocytosis ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
flank pain and fever ... POCUS to evaluate ... Findings/diagnosis ... renal infarction/abscess ... #clinical #ultrasound