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Approach to determining the cause of a blood clot
1) Is it acquired?
2) Should you consider inheritable
determining the cause ... consider inheritable causes ... Thrombosis #DVT #VTE #diagnosis ... #causes #workup ... thrombophilia #indications
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... #Hypertension #causes ... #differential #indications ... #diagnosis #HTN
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - Indications ... Few infectious causes ... Stool #Cultures #Indications ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Pressure Ventilation Indications ... mortality), Other causes ... #Ventilation #diagnosis ... #management #indications
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
there a dialysis indication ... are caused by prerenal ... you confirmed diagnosis ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... simplified #workup #diagnosis
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... #Differential #diagnosis
Causes of Common Accidental and Non-Accidental Pediatric Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Accidental Trauma
 - Distal Radius
Causes of Common ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Accidental Trauma (indication ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: • Vascular ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #indications
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
Class Ia: The medications ... out other common causes ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #DrugInduced #Medications
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
scenario / sedation indication ... it should not cause ... dissociative drug, it causes ... 0.5mg x1) for nausea ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis