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Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... above testing negative ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Dyspepsia
 • consider organic causes in your differentials
 • rule out red flags symptoms
causes in your differentials ... pylori if EGD negative ... Dyspepsia #Diagnosis #Workup
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Blood Culture-Negative ... cultures remain negative ... microbiological techniques Work-up ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... patients with a negative ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #causes #Differential
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
antiglobulin tests - Negative ... WBC count and differential ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... acidosis with negative ... Lactic #Acidosis #Differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... Do not measure negative
Anxiety Disorders Associated with Panic - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Panic Disorder - Recurrent, Unexpected Panic Attacks
Specific Phobia
Associated with Panic - Differential ... Setting Where a Negative ... Work or School) ... Disorders #Panic #Differential
Anemia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
 - History, Physical Exam, Labs
 - Microcytic
 - Normocytic
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Anemia - Workup ... and Differential ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Workup ... #Differential #
Fever in the Returning International Traveler
Investigations after comprehensive physical examination including thorough skin examination: 
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fever; AND 2) Negative ... empiric #management #workup ... #diagnosis #differential