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Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
A systematic approach ... etiology, narrow the differential ... diagnoses, & design a management ... examinations & infectious disease ... tests.
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Approach to Thrombocytosis ... Platelet Count - Differential ... hematology for workup ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Symptoms of Joint Disease ... categories of joint disease ... #rheumatology #approach ... #workup #differential
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... a physiologic approach ... to the differential ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #management #nephrology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach ... of underlying disease ... bilirubin 2) Routine tests ... 3) Optional tests ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... specific laboratory tests ... IgG4 #Related #Disease ... #diagnosis #management ... #phenotypes #workup
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... The diagnostic approach ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... The treatment strategy
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... / Peptic Ulcer Disease ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... Ag, Urea Breath Test ... #Treatment #quadruple
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment