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CSF Analysis by Mike Cadogan
#Diagnosis #CSF #Analysis #Fluid #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral #Comparison #Table
CSF Analysis by ... Cadogan #Diagnosis #CSF ... Analysis #Fluid #Interpretation ... #Meningitis #Normal ... Bacterial #Viral #Comparison
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Meningitis #CSF ... Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation ... #Meningitis #Normal ... Bacterial #Viral #Comparison
What's in a Tap: CSF Analysis

Normal vs Bacterial vs Viral vs SAH
 - Opening Pressure
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What's in a Tap: CSF ... Analysis Normal ... Cerebrospinal #CSF ... Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation ... #Meningitis #Comparison
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Tests (LFTs) - Normal ... Values and Interpretation ... prothrombin time across labs ... LFTs #Laboratory #Values ... #Interpretation
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation ... active TB • Abnormal ... CXR consistent ... mycobacteriology labs ... TST #diagnosis #Interpretation
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Guide to Interpretation ... from the micro lab ... shaped GPR, these clues ... BCx #Positive #Interpretation ... Contamination #Interpretation
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal ... In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Cephalization
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
5 or elevated Cr ... Diagnosis: • Labs ... common • Imaging: CXR ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF ... 500 mg QD until normal
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... that helpful, but comparison ... films can be of value ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Procalcitonin normal ... (95%) • CXR: Unilateral ... Immunodiffusion for Cocci Ab ... Urine & Blood & CSF ... Glucan in blood/CSF