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Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
) Rhabditiform larva ... to filariform larva ... 4) Filariform larva ... Re-activated larvae ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Testing for Diabetes Type II
 - 
Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... Hemoglobin A1c test ... - Fasting blood ... sugar test - Oral ... Classification #Testing
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
, Symptoms and Testing ... speaking - Sleep Test ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... #PhysicalExam #Testing
COVID-19 PCR and Serology Testing - Timeline
 • Nucleic Acid Test - Most reliable and can
PCR and Serology Testing ... • Nucleic Acid Test ... days • Antibody Test ... 10 days Both tests ... antibody #antibodies #testing
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... diarrhea before testing ... reduce unnecessary testing ... pick specific tests ... Diarrhea #Algorithm #Testing
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
- Provocative Testing ... injury: - Jobe’s Test ... - Hawkin’s Test ... - Drop Arm Test ... PhysicalExam #Shoulder #Testing
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Embryonated egg with L3 larva ... intestine 6) Hatched larvae ... to lungs. 7) Larvae ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... Cost - Cost per test ... etiology of syncope Tests ... Cardiac stress test ... diagnosis #workup #testing
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
matures in to larva ... , transmitting larva ... -> Larva matures ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology
Diphyllobothriasis - Diphyllobothrium Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated eggs passed in feces
2) Eggs embryonate in water
3) Coracidia hatch
4) Procercoid larvae ... fish Procercoid larva ... into plerocercoid larva ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology