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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 ... PTLD, GVHD or IBD ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Debate if this should ... be 1° or 2°) - ... Tissue Disease - Rheumatoid ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... should be obtained ... frozen serum (2) ... the presence of anemia ... for Chronic Polyarthritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
• Normocytic anemia ... normal and can help differentiate ... treatment for PMR is a chronic ... usually for 1 to 2 ... intervals over 2
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... than 50/μL) 2. ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... NTM #Infections #differential
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
1928, a 32-page long ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... to lying down should ... Hct in the first 2 ... pathophysiology #differential