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Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known #Ammonia #Testing ... TWDFNR #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... #EBM #VisualAbstract
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
point-of-care ultrasound ... pubmed/29663580 #EBM ... #VisualAbstract ... #Specificity #Testing
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Ohle R et al. ... Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... Specificity #SGEM #VisualAbstract ... #EBM #Diagnosis
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #VisualAbstract ... #EBM
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
smear, HIV/HCV testing ... not required in all ... or if a primary hematologic ... When do you do a BM ... Causes #Workup #hematology
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
point-of-care ultrasound ... Fracture #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #EBM #VisualAbstract ... #Specificity #Testing
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
lymphoproliferative disorder ... Positive Coombs testing ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... chills, flank pain ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
infections, bone pain ... cells - Blood & BM ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... , fever, joint pain ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
Definition: Lymphoid and/or plasmacytic proliferations that occur as a result of immunosuppression in
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... immunosuppression in the setting ... accounts for 21% of all ... symptoms, unexplained hematologic ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 • Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 • Normal platelet,
Platelet disorders ... aggregation to all ... considered first-line testing ... #Platelet #disorders ... #hematology #hemepath