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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Renal ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... syndrome - Overnight 1- ... #Workup #table
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... imaging (CT, ultrasound ... fecal elastase-1 ... testing for celiac disease
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... positive tourniquet test ... Intense abdominal ... bleeding: based on evaluation ... #diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... obstruction - Able ... of flank or abdominal ... retroperitoneal disease ... MRI - Limited value
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management checklist Evaluation ... management - RUQ ultrasound ... Liver function test ... increase the risk of abdominal ... acetaminophen 1
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... Approach (when evaluation ... should be done): 1. ... values. 3. ... Renal parenchymal disease
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... determine if stress test ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... perioperative #Risk #Evaluation ... stratification #diagnosis
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 ... tests before beginning ... #typeb #classification
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
Obstruction on POCUS ... history of Crohn's disease ... pain, nausea, and ... for this SBO, diagnosed ... specificity using 1)