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Testing for Diabetes Type II
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Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... - Hemoglobin A1c ... - Fasting blood ... Classification #Testing ... #A1c #Glucose #
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... diarrhea before testing ... reduce unnecessary testing ... the much smaller differential ... Diarrhea #Algorithm #Testing
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Comparison of Causes of Salt-Wasting in Infancy
 - PHA 1
 - PHA 3
 - 21-OH CAH
Causes of Salt-Wasting ... CAH - X-Linked AHC ... Hypoaldosteronism #Salt #Wasting ... Comparison #Causes #differential
Apical Approach Pericardiocentesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical approach had best pocket + good distance away from lung
Pericardiocentesis on POCUS ... Apical approach had best ... Pericardiocentesis #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c
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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS ... Differential/diagnosis ... See thread for POCUS ... POCUS (apical window ... Echocardiogram #A4c
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ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - POCUS

Pitt Internal Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound @PittIMPOCUS

.mp4 Hi-Res Version Here:
Lung Ultrasound - POCUS ... PittIMPOCUS .mp4 Hi-Res ... profiles-ultrasound-differential-pocus-lung
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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... A/P, Consider testing ... celiac and/or testing ... TSH, Consider testing ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Shoulder Pain - Differential ... tests for the AC ... after cross-arm test ... Shoulder #Pain #Differential
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
few methods to test ... most common is an A1c ... Glucose Tolerance Test ... , fasting plasma ... Diagnosis #Criteria #A1c
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Insufficiency Differential ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ACTH) stimulation test ... Insufficiency #Differential