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Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Pleural Effusion ... - Workup, Diagnostic ... Transudative #Exudative #Differential ... Algorithm #Lights #Criteria ... #Ddxof
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria ... Nugget on Light's Criteria ... for diagnosis of ... #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... disease Inflammatory ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup ... #diagnosis #differential ... #testing #evaluation
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Echocardiographic Evaluation ... for pericardial effusion ... PH (left heart disease ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Algorithm for the Evaluation ... : Diagnosis * ... ) #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Criteria #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... Pulmonary Diseases ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #differential # ... diagnosis #mnemonic
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in particular) Evaluation ... Infectious Diseases ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... criteria, but the ... infiltrates, pleural effusions ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... Leishmaniasis Differential