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Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Workup ... Osmolality: > 600 mOsm ... mechanism ≤ 600 mOsm ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
Primary hyperapara most ... Hypercalcemia #workup ... #differential # ... elevated #evaluation #workup
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... Diagnosis The most ... Physical Exam: 1) Most ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup ... #Differential #
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Excessive heating (most ... and children (most ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... neurologic disorders, most ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... gastroenterology #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... sleep apnea: CPAP, most ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #causes #Differential
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... centered around the most ... Most polycythemia ... you’ll do a good workup ... #Polycythemia #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
Mild-to-moderate decrease in most ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
Workup for cause ... Without it, most ... highest on my differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... Monitoring - Most