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Approach to determining the cause of a blood clot
1) Is it acquired?
2) Should you consider inheritable
Approach to determining ... consider inheritable causes ... VTE #diagnosis #causes ... #workup #thrombophilia ... #indications
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Consciousness - Workup ... Refer to Blood Work ... #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #Causes
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
Approach to Neonatal ... Jaundice Causes ... Neonatal #Jaundice #Algorithm ... #Differential #Workup
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... there a dialysis indication ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... INDICATIONS FOR ... evaluation or workup ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-lmmune #Anemia #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Suggested diagnostic approach ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... ascites #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Excessive GI losses ... Renal Loses - Medications ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... from different classes ... renovascular or endocrine causes ... Causes: • Vascular ... #causes #Differential
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Shift Work) Sleep ... Anxiety Other • Medications ... #Causes