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To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
with Alzheimer’s disease ... #FAST #Stage #Score ... Functional #Assessment #Staging ... #Test #Hospice ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
The Stages of Syphilis ... year. ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis ... #Staging ** ... of Infectious Diseases
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ASA class If high ... determine if stress test ... of Surgery: • High ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... stratification #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Clenching of fist ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Hyperosmolar states ... • Addison’s disease
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Clenching of fist ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Hyperosmolar states ... • Addison’s disease
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... , sparing the ear ... carcinoma • Thoracic ... history • Smoking status ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
injury → mucous stasis ... Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... : • HRCT (high-resolution ... bacteria and Acid fast
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Findings in or Near ... Starts distally ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text