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Procalcitonin Limitations - Situations where PCT can be misinterpreted:
- Single value testing
- AKI/CKD
- Pancreatitis
- Cancers/Neoplasms
- Trauma
-
Situations where PCT ... #Limitations #PCT ... #Diagnosis #Laboratory
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
incr in 27-75% • PCT ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis
Causes of Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT
INR), Prolonged PTT ... • Prolonged PT ... • Prolonged PT ... , Normal PT (INR ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
Prothrombin Time (PT ... Thromboplastin Time (PTT ... Prothrombin Time (PT ... thematttsai #PT ... laboratory #hematology #diagnosis
Standardized Physical Abuse Guideline
<6 months of age
 • Social work consult
 • Skeletal survey
 • Head
survey • Head CT ... • Abdominal CT ... appearance • CBC, PT ... , PTT if bruising ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Coagulation Protein Tests (PT and PTT)

#Coagulation #Tests #PTT #algorithm #differential #pathophysiology
Protein Tests (PT ... and PTT) #Coagulation ... #Tests #PTT #algorithm
Coagulation Cascade Mnemonic - PITT vs PET
PITT (with an I) = Intrinsic = APTT
Mnemonic - PITT vs PET ... 9, 10, 11, 12 PET ... E)= Extrinsic=PT ... Mnemonic #PITT #PET ... #diagnosis #hematology
Causes of AKI in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis
Creatinine - Platelets - Transaminases - LDH - PT/PTT
- Differential Diagnosis ... Transaminases - LDH - PT ... /PTT - Schistocytes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic ... pulmonary disease; CT ... limit of normal #Diagnosis ... #PCC #IM #ACOS