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Intern Pocket Cards - Daily Rounding and Disposition Checklist
Daily Checklist:
 • FEN/GI:
Checklist: • FEN/GI ... procedure [ ] PET ... intake (including medications ... regadenoson stress testinga ... [ ] Recent GI
Who to test for BRCA 1/2?
Female Breast Cancer:
 • ≤ 45-50 years at diagnosis
 • Triple
cancers in this table ... factors in this table ... criteria for testing ... BRCA 1/2 >5% (as per ... #indications #oncology
Hyperaldosteronism Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
Suspicion of primary aldosteronism - Manifestations: hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis
ORDER: Aldosterone/Renin Activity
Hyperaldosteronism Testing ... Algorithm INDICATIONS ... FOR TESTING: Suspicion ... Hyperaldosteronism #Algorithm
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
Fecal Occult Blood Testing ... ) for indications ... cirrhosis - Medications ... Massachusetts GI ... #OccultBlood #Testing
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Mechanism Decreased GI ... hypomagnesemia Excessive GI ... Renal Loses - Medications ... Familial renal Mg wasting ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Hypophosphatemia - Measurement of urine phosphate excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI loss
 • Redistribution
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • GI loss • ... Primary Renal PO4 wasting ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypophosphatemia Diagnostic Algorithm
- GI Losses
- Redistribution
- 1° HPT
- 1° Renal PO4 wasting: Hereditary, TIO, Fanconi Syndrome,
Hypophosphatemia Diagnostic Algorithm ... - GI Losses - Redistribution ... - 1° Renal PO4 wasting ... low #diagnosis #Algorithm
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome Testing ... Algorithm INDICATIONS ... FOR TESTING: • ... hypertension) Testing ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
amyloidosis as well as medications ... See below for table ... complements of our GI ... PMC2914216/ #Diagnosis #GI ... #Differential #Table
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thyrotoxicosis Medications ... Non-renal losses: • GI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm