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FOBT Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper GI Bleed 
Choosing Wisely': Things We Do For No
FOBT Testing in ... fecal-occult-blood-testing-hospitalized-patients-upper ... #OccultStool #Testing ... UGIBleed #LGIBleed #TWDFNR ... #Diagnosis #VisualAbstract
Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known #Ammonia #Testing ... HepaticEncephalopathy #TWDFNR ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... #EBM #VisualAbstract
Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
Shotgun Laboratory Testing ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known #TWDFNR ... #Testing #Laboratory ... #LiverInjury #Diagnosis
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... Specificity #SGEM #VisualAbstract ... #EBM #Diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
Insufficiency Diagnosis ... 3 is virtually diagnostic ... then go to stim testing ... & 60 min after intravenous ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
 •
Candidiasis (IC) Diagnosis ... susceptibility testing ... • Fluconazole (intravenous ... IC #antifungal #diagnosis
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
ultrasound for the diagnosis ... and discharge diagnosis ... Obstruction #SBO #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Accuracy #Testing ... Abdominal #Ultrasound #VisualAbstract
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
reducing inhalational/intravenous ... Check and expose intravenous ... point of care testing ... • Use lab testing ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Factors Affecting Prealbumin

Increased by: 

Exogenous corticosteroids, 
NSAIDs, 
Renal failure, 
Dehydration, 

Decreased by: 

Acute phase response, 
Malnutrition,
For No Reason @TWDFNR ... things-we-do-no-reason-prealbumin-testing-diagnose
Toradol - Analgesic Ceiling

Motov, S, Yasavolian, M, Likourezos, A, et al. Comparison of Intravenous Ketorolac at
Comparison of Intravenous ... Single-Dose Regimens for Treating ... Ceiling #Dosing #VisualAbstract