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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
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Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... HIV infection or ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
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Disorders - Evaluation ... 3) Now, look at ... , chronic, or acute ... Differential Diagnosis ... #workup #Differential
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... • Epigastric abdominal ... Imaging findings Workup ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... Scheduled APAP, IV
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... should be based ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... - Generally >3 ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
positive tourniquet test ... transmission, with acute ... Intense abdominal ... Severe bleeding: based ... on evaluation by
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... to bolus these values ... tests before beginning ... peritonitis - Acute ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
phlebotomy/ blood work ... during clinical evaluations ... blood loss or acute ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis