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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #comparison
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
on POCUS RUSH ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... hx of Crohn's disease ... #clinical #Crohns
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... intermediate risk of disease ... positive predictive value ... #Workup #TB #Latent
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
individual studies Clinical ... , describe clinical ... from a group to assess ... how related two values ... #calculations #diagnosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... left-sided heart valves ... common, Aortic root abscess ... - Infectious Diseases ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Common Differential Diagnosis ... or inflammatory disease ... Commonly work related ... Pain vague but usually ... Patterns #Features #Comparison
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... presentations and disease ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... tests before beginning
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis