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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... AlgorithmNormal ... Emphysematous COPD ... FunctionTests #PFTs #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
pleural fluid analysis ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... #interpretation ... lights #criteria #algorithm ... #differential
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... intake • poor oral ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Female and Male Infertility - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Causes of Female Infertility:
 • Uterus -
Infertility - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... laparoscopy • Normal ... semen analysis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
synovial fluid - Interpretation ... - Normal - Noninflammatory ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Fluid #Effusion #Analysis ... Infective #Arthritis #Interpretation
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Differential diagnosis ... dysfunction with normal ... Pain, weakness, abnormal ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord ...  Spinal Cord
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... obstruction • COPD ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... respiratory #bloodgas #interpretation
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma, Asthma-COPD ... Overlap and COPD ... such as blood analysis ... summary of the differential ... #Differences #Algorithm
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Axial Weakness, Normal ... Strength, Normal ... • Central Core
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... Algorithm Acidosis ... - Diarrhea pH Normal ... • Periodic paralysis ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis