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Who to test for BRCA 1/2?
Female Breast Cancer:
 • ≤ 45-50 years at diagnosis
 • Triple
Cancer: • ≤ 45-50 years ... cancers in this table ... factors in this table ... criteria for testing ... BrighamChiefs #BRCA #testing
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... renal biopsy - Management ... nephrotoxic drugs, treating ... ultrasonography - Manaqement ... percutaneous drainage, or stenting
Rare Invasive Yeasts - Species and Antifungal Therapy

Cryptococcus, 
Geotrichum, 
Kodamaea, 
(Pichia)ohmeri, 
Malassezia, 
Pseudozyma, 
Rhodotorula, 
Saccharomyces, 
Saprochaete
Rare Invasive Yeasts ... Rare #Invasive #Yeasts ... Antifungal #Therapy #Management ... #Table #Antibiogram
Differential Diagnosis of Headache - Table

 - Cluster headache
 - Migraine
 - Paroxysmal hemicrania
 - Short-lasting
of Headache - Table ... hemicrania - Short-lasting ... injection and tearing ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing ... Monoclonal #Gammopathy #Testing ... Laboratory #Comparison #Table
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
diarrhea before testing ... and treating to ... reduce unnecessary testing ... pick specific tests ... Diarrhea #Algorithm #Testing
Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Common Causes of Vaginitis

#Vaginitis #Differential #Diagnosis #Comparison #Table #Testing #Gynecology #OBGyn
Diagnosis #Comparison #Table ... #Testing #Gynecology
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... etiology of syncope Tests ... diagnosis #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Candida - Small yeast ... material surrounding yeasts ... Histoplasmosis - Small yeast ... Narrow- budding yeast ... clinical #microscopy #table
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
days) is fine Treating ... doxycycline in kids <8 years ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pearls #Map #Testing