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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... many possible causes ... of chronic diarrhea ... to sort out the ... much smaller differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
- Differential ... diarrhea, Kidney ... • Normal acid-base ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... D D-lactate (short ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
metabolic acidosis • Chronic ... D-lactic acidosis • Chronic ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... the indicated causes ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Chronic infections ... tissue at the nail base ... Linear Depressions (Beau's ... PhysicalExam #Atlas #Beaus ... GrepMed Recommended Text
RPR - False Positives
Causes of a false positive RPR that are not syphilis. (False-negative treponemal tests
False Positives Causes ... False-negative treponemal tests ... are rare; case ... reports have described ... False #Positives #differential
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
on a chair with ankles ... heel toward the base ... in a number of beats ... three to four beats ... be elicited at ankles