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Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
inflammation or chronic ... tests Test for celiac ... disease with serology ... #workup #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... certain foods or meds ... disease Inflammatory ... #testing #evaluation
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Algorithm for the Evaluation ... perioral) - Cervical ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Criteria #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... have had prior evaluations ... did not yield a diagnosis ... poisoning • Celiac ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Motor Nerves: ALS, Cervical ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
hematology for workup ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac ... disease, Kawasaki ... • Infections: Chronic ... infarction, Severe trauma
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
IgA TTG has high sensitivity and specificity of ~ 98% and is
Celiac Disease - ... serologic marker for evaluating ... - Gastroenterology ... #Disease #Diagnosis ... #workup
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
osteomyelitis, trauma ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... viral arthritis Workup ... count, and crystal evaluation ... therefore oral, cervical
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
- Differential Diagnosis ... , post stroke, trauma ... encephalopathies, CJD • Chronic ... : Storage disease ... malabsorbtion (celiac