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Hyperglycemic Crisis - Algorithm for DKA/HHS

Diagnostic criteria for DKA:
 • pH < 7.3
 • Anion gap
Hyperglycemic Crisis ... - Algorithm for ... DKA/HHS Diagnostic ... #endocrinology ... #Diabetes #DM2 #
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
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Insufficiency Diagnosis ... Algorithm Test ... Beware of major normal ... assays - Assay cross ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Hypoglycemia - Evaluation Algorithm
Interpreting Hypoglycemia Labs - the patient must be hypoglycemic at the time of
Hypoglycemia - Evaluation Algorithm ... → Oral Hypoglycemic ... Hypoglycemia #Evaluation #Algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis ... #endocrinology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Approach to Thyroid Function Tests in the Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism
 • Low TSH, Low normal T4
• Low TSH, Low normal ... • Low TSH, normal ... Hyperthyroidism: Work-up ... Hyperthyroidism #algorithm ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Suggestive ... Irregular Shape, Diameter ... Carcinoma) • Normal ... #Algorithm #Endocrinology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... hypertension; some normal ... Pheochromocytoma crisis ... apparent type 2 diabetes ... ultimately hypertensive crisis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... and Workup: • ... IGF-1 equivocal: Oral ... #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... hormones that work ... drips unless also diabetic ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
mainly in the oral ... Diagnosis? ... EMD myeloma Diagnostic ... Bone marrow Treatment ... #Workup #Hematology