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Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
Evaluation 1) Clinical ... 2) PTH - Frankly ... Hypercalcemia #workup ... elevated #evaluation #workup
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... investigations depending on clinical ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... acute cardiac injury ... myocarditis Clinical ... VF, Myocardial injury ... sacubitril-valsartan, PPM
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
pregnancy to 5 months postpartum ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Management during Postpartum ... up to 8 weeks postpartum ... Karan Desai MD, MPH
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Immune mediated injury ... catheterization • BPH ... • Menstruation/Postpartum
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... figure out the Pt's PMH ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... history Initial Work-up
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
persists > 12 weeks postpartum ... evidence of organ injury ... finding of organ injury ... diagnosis so have high clinical
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... Diagnosis and Workup ... No additional workup ... prevent corneal injury
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
severe topical injury ... resulting in direct injury ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... 48 hours - IV PPI ... further esophageal injury
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... terbinafine, thiazidic, PPI ... • Immunologic Workup ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup