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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... 4 tests for the ... after cross-arm test ... #Pain #Differential
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... Lung abscess, Tuberculosis ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
 •
of Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Viral • Tuberculosis ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... HIV-infected patients should
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... has a positive TST ... result with no clinical ... positive predictive value ... used to exclude pulmonary
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
algorithm. ... evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... pleurisy • Tuberculosis ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... suppressed PTH values ... family history should ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential ... #Algorithm
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... First, physicians should ... pick specific tests ... the much smaller differential