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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Disorders - Blood Gas ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... sedation, narcotics, CVA ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... • Colorectal CA ... pregnancy • Ovarian CA ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... poisoning • Celiac
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... Electrolytes including Ca ... differential - ABG ... as appropriate ... #Workup #MICU #
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... Consider testing for celiac ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... differential #testing #evaluation
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... Imaging findings Workup ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... biliary, stones), CTA ... Tx: ABx (pip-tazo
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... Electrolytes (including Ca ... - Infectious workup ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... Drugs to avoid (main
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
presents with pain ... • 18F-FDG PET/CT ... Diagnostic Evaluation ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
substantial muscle pain ... Anti-Synthetase Ab ... • Misdiagnosed as ... methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA ... muscular atrophy • Chronic