2006 results
Asthma Assessment Tools - Is your patients asthma controlled? 
 - Asthma Control Test (ACT)
Control Test (ACT ... The first is the ACT ... tool from the pharmacy ... Tools #Diagnosis #ACT
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
 -
Complications Poly-pharmacy
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Pharmacy
Potassium Electrolyte Repletion
If patient also has hypomagnesemia, replete magnesium before repleting potassium
Oral:
 • Pills (ask pharmacy
• Pills (ask pharmacy
Standardized Physical Abuse Guideline
<6 months of age
 • Social work consult
 • Skeletal survey
 • Head
survey • Head CT ... , AST, ALT, lipase ... • Abdominal CT ... if AST or ALT 80 ... or ALT> 80, signs
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
R-value: Serum (ALT ... /ULN ALT) / (Alk ... to liver than ALT ... : ↑ • ALT: ↑ ... /ALT: typical of
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
or AST > ALP): ... • Severe - ALT ... • Moderate - ALT ... Pattern (ALP > ALT ... or AST): • US
Features of Components of Liver Function Tests #Diagnosis #IM #GI #LFTs #Liver #Function #Tests #Locations #AlkPhos
Locations #AlkPhos #AST ... #ALT #Ddxof
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Injury • AST ... /ALT elevation > ... Alk phos • ALT ... • R value = (ALT ... + ULN ALT) / (alkaline
Liver Function Tests (LFTs)
 - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 
 - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 
 - Alkaline
aminotransferase (AST ... aminotransferase (ALT