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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory symptoms must ... OR the patient must ... pulmonary edema must ... These opacities must ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Evaluation Algorithm

Step 1: Consider whether Posm may actually be normal or elevated
Step 2:
Hyponatremia - Diagnostic ... likely, the cause must ... #Hyponatremia #Diagnosis
Limb Lead Reversal
In order to understand why the leads look the way they do, we must
way they do, we must ... aVF reversal, we must ... should help: #Diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome:

Top tips to save your arse (and your patient’s!)

1. Suspect? Investigate. If CES (threatened,
is a “possible diagnosis ... ”, you must investigate ... Equina #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
the differential diagnosis ... subchondral bone cyst must ... the differential diagnosis ... Epiphysis #Radiology #MSK
ECG characteristics of early repolarization
 - The ST segment elevations are concave and most pronounced in
The entire notch must ... The slur must start ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... cardiology #management #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... anti—muscle-specific kinase (MuSK ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Positive Seidel test on fluorescein stain exam

Globe rupture can be identified by a positive Seidel test
in making the diagnosis ... emergent repair is a must
Hypoglycemia - Evaluation Algorithm
Interpreting Hypoglycemia Labs - the patient must be hypoglycemic at the time of
- the patient must ... Algorithm #workup #diagnosis