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Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... UA, urine and blood ... #EM #IM #Hypoglycemia ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... repeat testing • Acute ... identified by UW IM ... #urology #blood
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... potentially be an acute ... the patient • Blood ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... aneurysms • Acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Approach (when evaluation ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Diagnosis #indications
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Causes of acute ... leukocytes and occult blood ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
work, hemoconcentration ... during clinical evaluations ... loss or acute anemia ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis