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Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Peripheral Arterial Disease Assessment Algorithm

Early Revascularization vs Conservative Care

Workup:
 • Arterial doppler
Peripheral Arterial Disease ... Assessment Algorithm ... Early Revascularization ... #PAD #Diagnosis ... revascularization #podiatry #management
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
Algorithm Radioactive ... if pregnant or breast ... Graves disease – ... workup choices AND management ... #Algorithm #Workup
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
death Pursuing a diagnosis ... brain death too early ... patient should focus ... with no brain activity ... BrainDeath #Dead #Algorithm
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
Lyme Disease Pearls ... found in growing areas ... antibiotics for early ... old is fine #Diagnosis ... #Management #LymeDisease
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... circulating cortisol 2. activity ... mineralocorticoid activity ... cortisol ↑ early ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Symptoms of Joint Disease ... the afternoon or early ... after periods of inactivity ... • Monosodium urate ... #differential #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... estrogen products early ... postpartum • Consider early
Crohn's Disease & New Diagnosis of Colon Cancer Algorithm
 - Define Colonic Disease Extent, Activity &
& New Diagnosis ... of Colon Cancer Algorithm ... Extent, Activity ... vs IPAA - Ease ... #management #treatment
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Onset Still's Disease ... late afternoon or early ... activity! ... #AOSD #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #management
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related liver disease ... algorithm. ... consumption influences early ... ARLD #Hepatitis #management ... #diagnosis