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Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... Breath test for ... #Workup #Management ... #Algorithm #Transplant
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Diabetes Insipidus Workup ... Step #1 - Consider ... history Step #2 ... & desmopressin test ... Hypernatremia #Management
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm ... Acidosis - RTA - Diarrhea ... #Differential #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
days) Exclude: 1. ... 2. ... Systemic disease ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... 1. ... dehydration 2. ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Symptoms and Signs: 1. ... oligoarthralgia (80%) 2. ... Intermittent diarrhea ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Diagnosis and Workup ... Step 1 . ... Step 2. ... volume loss - diarrhea ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... associations - 1. ... Infections 2. ... of symptoms - 1- ... abdominal pain, diarrhea
HINTS Exam - Abnormal Head Impulse Test = Peripheral Cause

This video demonstrates:
1) Normal Head Impulse Test
demonstrates: 1) ... to the Left 2) ... #HINTS #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #Neurology #Vertigo
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
to perform: 1) ... with eyes open 2) ... • Cerebellar disease ... #neurology #diagnosis ... proprioception #physicalexam