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Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... and specific for detection ... common causes of ... cryoglobulinemias (types ... #testing #workup
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... common causes of ... cryoglobulinemias (types ... #workup #diagnosis ... #initial #testing
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... Allergen-specific lgE causes ... Antigen-antibody complexes are ... #allergy #table ... classification #comparison
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... - If present, are ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis and Workup ... • Pituitary testing ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection ... or refractory cases
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
to heat (fires, heating ... form of delayed-type ... • Causes are multiple ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Evaluation Major Pre-Op ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Risk Stratify Type ... What is the type ... medical and surgical management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... and panic attack-type ... resistance, impaired fasting ... glucose, apparent type ... Open surgical resection
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... Aldosterone, RTA Type ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
only 5% of the resting ... typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management