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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
(IBS) - Diagnosis ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... Gastroenterology and Hepatology ... #Diagnosis #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... Causes #Screening #Workup
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 ... #Workup #TB #Latent
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
- A low value for ... is the diagnostic ... hallmark for the disease ... If the value is ... #Workup #Hematology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
of pathway and is ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... alcohol-related liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... classically purple abdominal ... dexamethasone suppression test ... #Cushings #Syndrome
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
that a one-off value ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease ... Best to have an ... #Algorithm #workup
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
- Differential Diagnosis ... intact - test for ... von Willebrand syndrome ... liver function tests ... #Hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
incompetent • CLL is ... adults in the west ... cells can indicate disease ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Tyrosine Kinase activity ... , weight loss, abdominal ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Oncology #Diagnosis