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Schema for Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Weight Loss without Inflammation:
 • Decreased Intake: Food
Unintentional Weight Loss ... Framework Weight Loss ... Antidepressants, Synthroid ... Weight Loss from ... Unintentional #Weight #Loss
Synthroid color-coded tablets and initial dosing

#pharmacology #dosing #medications #drugs #overview
Synthroid color-coded
Levothyroxine tablet strengths are also color coded. Depending on the tablet shape (round vs oval) and
Levothyroxine #Synthroid
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Painless Vision Loss ... Traumatic Vision Loss ... Periorbital Edema - POCUS ... Ocular #Ultrasound #pocus
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS ... Binocular vision loss ... Monocular vision loss ... problem, opt for POCUS ... monocular vision loss
A practical guide to starting levothyroxine therapy
Calculate full replacement dose: 1.6 mcg/kg/day
Young, otherwise healthy patient:
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levothyroxine #synthroid
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
Involves loss ... Less commonly, when ... slow, blood loss ... or anus; much less ... stools; blood loss
Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
movement, vision loss ... Episcleritis is typically less ... with no vision loss
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Principal patterns of loss ... lesion: sensory loss ... and ipsilateral loss ... and temperature loss ... dorsal column loss
Parotitis and Sialolithiasis - Stenson's Duct Stone on POCUS
46 yo M with acute facial swelling. POCUS
Duct Stone on POCUS ... POCUS showed Parotitis ... heterogeneous gland with loss ... clinical #ultrasound #pocus