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Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... - CBC with differential ... diagnostics as clinically ... indicated (e.g. echocardiogram ... iBookCC #COVID19 #algorithm
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... Disease: • Clinical ... (Symptoms, Imaging ... NTM #Infections #differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... Uremia (blood urea ... aeruginosa Clinical ... in adults with clinically
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... symptoms/signs ... Areas of diagnostic ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... incisional hernias: clinical ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... Phos), CBC with differential ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic