5 results
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - ... IBD, age > 70, pregnant ... outbreak) Few infectious ... causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Routine stool culture ... HIV infection or ... while awaiting culture ... positive 2.
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
recent head/face infection ... head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
precipitates with calcium ... • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... Gram stain and culture ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium ... precipitates with calcium ... shaped • Weakly positively ... • Gram stain, culture ... diagnose concomitant infection