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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Testing and Evaluation ... #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table ... #comparison
Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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- AICA - PCA ... CVA #Territory #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Table ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Review in Clinical Neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based ... antiretroviral therapy should ... of serum CrAg testing ... #AIDS #opportunistic
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
regardless of symptoms ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... antigenemia test ... 50 or less: • Neurologic
Diagnosing Brucellosis
Epidemiological Exposures
- Endemic Regions
- Clinical Micro Lab Technicians
- Animal/Vaccine Exposure: Vets, Slaughterhouse workers, hunters
- Unpasteurized
Tests: - CBC ... , Convalescent Serology ... SAT, ELISA), 16S PCR ... #Criteria #Workup ... #Testing
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... should be obtained ... (to support a diagnosis ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup ... #diagnosis #testing
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
such that the shoulders ... 45° towards the test ... Vertiginous symptoms ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... Spot PC (protein ... C3, C4 - Test for ... #glomerular #testing ... #workup #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... thrombosis Testing ... count in the CSF should ... #management #neurology