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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... Disease Tissue ... negative predictive value ... for celiac disease ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
Algorithm Radioactive ... Graves disease – ... Graves disease! ... Check pregnancy test ... #Algorithm #Workup
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... tests - Ice cube ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... → Spectrum of Disease ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... the spectrum of disease ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Evaluating a Patient with Presumed Cushing Syndrome

#Cushings #Syndrome #Disease #Algorithm #Workup #Dexamethasone #Suppression #Test #diagnosis
Cushings #Syndrome #Disease ... #Algorithm #Workup ... #Suppression #Test ... #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Whipple Disease ... Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic ... Algorithm Whipple's ... , weight loss, abdominal ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Look ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... • Metabolic disease ... #Algorithm
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... will correctly diagnose ... identify a non-diseased ... it has a narrow focus
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
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Insufficiency Diagnosis ... Algorithm Test ... of major normal value ... OCPs, pregnancy) Test ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis