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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... diagnosis of chronic ... many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... #Diarrhea #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased kidney function ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... #Causes
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Systemic and Primary Causes ... Mellitus Liver Function ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... /uremia TSH & T4 ... #causes
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Mellitus Liver Function ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... /uremia TSH & T4 ... #causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... moderate-to-severe cases ... hypoxia • Wasting ... ) • Pulmonary function
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinis", determined heating ... includes the complete analysis ... • Urinary casts ... with normal renal function ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... normal prolactin, chaotic ... estrogen: • Functional ... (e.g. eating disorder ... #Causes #OBGyn
Chronic Voice Hoarseness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Bacterial Infection
 • Fungal Infection (Monilia)
Inflammatory:
 • Chronic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Granuloma Cysts ... • Vocal Cord Paralysis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... hypomagnesemia), Eating ... , nasogastric suction ... - Diuretics (carbonic ... #Hypokalemia #Causes
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Summary Meta-Analysis ... proportion of cases ... Incidence: No of new cases ... Prevalence: total No of cases ... > incidence in chronic