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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Positive Tourniquet test ... , Abdominal pain ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... and a palpable abdominal ... Symptoms of metastatic ... initial test: abdominal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Workup Summary ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... last 3 months + symptom ... cultures, but test
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management Summary ... or metastatic disease ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... A STIM test can
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Nausea/vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... is not affected ... is affected by ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
suspicious clinical symptoms ... of pathway and is ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... (this is a skin ... prick test that ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... management #signs #symptoms
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
diagnosed when ... • The goal of diagnosing ... intermediate risk of disease ... positive predictive value ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Biostatistics Summary ... who test positive ... who test negative ... how related two values ... #calculations #diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... causes of flank or abdominal ... retroperitoneal disease ... MRI - Limited value ... scan) when an ultrasound