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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... all patients for HIV ... knees, wrists, ankles
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... and Screening Testing ... Renal ultrasound, Tests ... #Hypertension #Differential ... Screening #Workup #table
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... /HCV testing - ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... conditions in his ... differential diagnoses ... abdominal pain (Table ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Hamstring Flexibility Test

Hamstring flexibility testing can also be performed with the hip and knee flexed to
Hamstring Flexibility Test ... Hamstring flexibility testing ... performed with the hip ... but if not the angle ... #Flexibility #Test
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... whispered voice test ... zoster virus ○ HIV ... Cerebellopontine angle ... Hearing #Loss #Differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Positive Coombs testing ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... younger pts) Differential ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia
There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
essentially the same tests ... it requires for him ... cerebral salt wasting ... Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Differential
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
lies prone on the table ... buttock, if the hip ... raises off of the table ... or leg during testing ... clinical #video #hip
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
lies prone on the table ... buttock, if the hip ... raises off of the table ... or leg during testing ... clinical #video #hip