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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis ... Symptoms and Signs ... Criteria - Either ... #algorithm #management ... #criteria #Tropheryma
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
other explanation should ... effusion, or z scores ... , treatment should ... clinical and lab signs ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Algorithm Symptoms ... quadrant discomfort Signs ... PBC if 2/3 criteria ... Positive AMA or ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... such that the shoulders ... Supports the patient ... affected ear #Dix ... #Instructions #Diagnosis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... clinical symptoms/signs ... metabolic syndrome criteria ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... We did a transthoracic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... diastolic septal shudder
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
 
The USPSTF recommends
Do not have any signs ... of lung cancer (diagnostic ... people who do have signs ... a person has a positive ... LungCancer #Screening #Criteria
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
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The USPSTF
Do not have any signs ... of lung cancer (diagnostic ... people who do have signs ... a person has a positive ... LungCancer #Screening #Criteria
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Management Summary Diagnostic ... Criteria: • Elevated ... present, symptoms, signs ... • Treatment algorithms ... aspirin • Aspirin should
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV
The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic maneuver
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... for the Diagnosis ... of BPPV The Dix–Hallpike ... side, so, head should ... patient in supine position