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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... enzymes, Head CT ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... diagnosis #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... criteria - ED testing ... include cranial CT ... CSF, thyroid, MRI ... Delirium #Management #Algorithm
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... /MRI ($$$$) CORE ... Cardiac #Stress #Testing
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... In detecting CT ... /MRI abnormality ... Pronator #Drift #Testing
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome Testing ... Algorithm INDICATIONS ... FOR TESTING: • ... Adrenocorticotropic Hormone • MRI ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... /MRI) 2. ... Supportive: genetic testing ... , LGE on MRI) Four
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
and Screening Testing ... ; abdominal CT, ... infusion Adrenal CT ... CT or MRI scan of ... Screening #Workup #table
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Computed Tomography (CT ... Resonance Imaging (MRI ... Ultrasound #Contrast #CT ... #MRI #POCUS #radiology ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection- Ultrasonographic images showed ventricular dilatation in the fetal brain, and T2-weighted magnetic resonance
ventriculomegaly (Panel ... calcifications (Panel ... Immunohistochemical testing ... NEJM #radiology #MRI ... #CT #computed #
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
50 CXRs Head CT ... 200 CXRs Chest CT ... CXRs Abdomen CT ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing