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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... diarrhea before testing ... reduce unnecessary testing ... pick specific tests ... the much smaller differential
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Used Diagnostic Tests ... reliable noninvasive test ... first-level screening test ... Reflects response to treatment ... Celiac #Disease #Testing
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
• Pap test should ... recommend a Pap test ... 3 years • Co-testing ... (Pap test and HPV ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchodilator test ... required, specific tests ... and sensitivity tests ... summary of the differential ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... A/P, Consider testing ... celiac and/or testing ... TSH, Consider testing ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
antigen detection test ... prescribed one of the treatment ... That's because this test ... penicillin allergy testing ... StrepThroat #Management #Treatment
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Often hard to differentiate ... distinction has HUGE treatment ... and first-line treatment ... awaiting confirmatory testing
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Insufficiency Differential ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ACTH) stimulation test ... Insufficiency #Differential
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Non-culture-based tests ... • Molecular Tests ... susceptibility testing ... Line Targeted Treatment ... candida #auris #treatment
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... abnormal liver blood tests ... of liver blood tests ... decision for repeat testing ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential