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Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... Risk factors for malignancy ... Nephrology if cause ... not identified
Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
#CAH #algorithm ... #causes #pediatrics ... CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia #diagnosis #comparison ... Endocrinology #Adrenal #pathophysiology
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation and Management ... of Sickle Cell Crises ... Manifestations #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
rapidly fatal • Causes ... ; Heat stroke; Malignant ... hyperthermia; Neuroleptic malignant ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... life-threatening causes ... • CBC, BMP, LET ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
diabetes who are not ... , no extensive workup ... EtOH - Infectious workup ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Drugs #Malignancy
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... iodine scan – get ... affects diagnostic workup ... choices AND management ... #Workup #Endocrinology
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... Causes of localized ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thrombophilias are not ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... known or suspected malignant ... #Malignant #Pleural ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS