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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Diagnosis and Screening ... Testing Common ... , adrenal vein sampling ... #Screening #Workup
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... patients if the cause ... When do you do a BM ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
• Persistent nausea ... inappropriate eating ... alcohol Nutritional Screening ... Bone densitometry testing
Gambling Screen (NODS-CLiP)

Have there ever been periods lasting 2 weeks or longer when you
spent a lot
Gambling Screen ... ever been periods lasting ... or control your gambling ... quick and simple screening ... #Gambling #Screening
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
suggested initial screening ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... should undergo screening ... out additional causes ... If other causes
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
abdominal pain, nausea ... the outpatient setting ... AUD #Therapies #Screening
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Proves cause-effect ... Sensitivity (rule out – screening ... probability of getting ... assignment of subjects Sampling ... but not on the causal
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... recommended for routine screening ... infections are common causes ... #glomerular #testing
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
, oral cavity) Caused ... polyuria in the case ... hypertension (90% of cases ... Screening: ... perform bilateral sampling
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
   -
Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... Scl70 (in some cases ... Scl-70 (in some cases ... NXP-2 (MORC3 or MJ ... Antinuclear #Antibody #Testing