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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... family history - Medications ... #Causes #Workup ... #hematology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... organ-specific signs ... #Differential #diagnosis
Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Causative Medications 
and Level of Suspicion 

High Risk:
Antigout:
Necrolysis - Causative Medications ... and Level of ... #DrugInduced #Causes ... Epidermal #Necrolysis #Dermatology ... #Diagnosis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... glucose - Review medication ... tox/infectious workup ... Delirium #Evaluation #Workup ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... #nephrology #causes
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis ... suspected: • Signs ... treatment • Elevated liver ... without discernable cause ... Autoimmune • CVID • Medications
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... tubular necrosis (causes ... tract infection • Medications ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... hypertension and signs ... renal bruit or signs ... #Diagnosis #indications
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... Finger glucose • Medication ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology