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Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Framework 1) Diagnostic ... disease, >7 days 2) ... PCR>culture 3) ... abdominal processes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... illness: T > 38.50C, abdominal ... HIV infection or ... diarrhea, fever, abdominal ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... (see below for diagnosis ... Live 12-week ruptured ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... an IUP or not. #2
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... Framework 1) ... for cell count, culture ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
- Differential Diagnosis ... easily and look complete ... analgesia 2. ... Using external abdominal ... compression (using ultrasound
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... into the skin or subcutaneous
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... signs (fever, abdominal ... good as 10 days 2) ... fluoroquinolone to complete ... ↓ rebleeding, infections
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... : 1. ... physiologic stress or acute ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... 200 mg/dL, and subcutaneous
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
to Manifest: 1. ... Hyperuricemia 2. ... infection Serum ... not possible • Ultrasound ... in a year • 1
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
been treated for acute ... presentation she had completed ... urinary tract infection ... the abdomen and pelvis ... confirmed the diagnosis