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What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... initial treatment algorithms ... • More gradual onset ... & tenderness, bloody ... #diagnosis #table
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... testing • Acute onset ... #Workup #urology ... #blood #urine
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
tests, such as blood ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Essential) (95%) - Onset ... Repeatedly normal blood ... taken at home, work ... Causes (5%) - Onset
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... with previously stable ... Onset of diastolic ... Proven age of onset ... #Hypertension #Workup
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... CMV qPCR (Serum/Blood ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #Management #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... leukocytes and occult blood ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... abdominal pain, bloody ... Bloody diarrhea, ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Ellis system of classification system for a tooth fracture:

Ellis 1: injury of the crown into enamel
Ellis system of classification ... Dermabond has also worked ... possible visible blood ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Fractures #Ellis #Classification
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... purulence Obtain blood ... Hemodynamically stable ... Hernodynamically stable ... #Algorithm #CRBSI