6 results
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
the diagnosis of chronic ... impractical to test ... pick specific tests ... to sort out the ... much smaller differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... hydrogen breath test ... for C.diff (particularly ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Chronic ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
adults • Blood tests ... Pulmonary function tests ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory ... Sweat chloride test ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... disease • Pull test ... texture at bald spots ... Tests: • TSH ... weight loss • Chronic
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
Summary of Available Tests ... vegetative cells or spores ... Clostridium #difficile #CDiff ... #laboratory #diagnosis ... #testing #sensitvity
RPR - False Positives
Causes of a false positive RPR that are not syphilis. (False-negative treponemal tests
False-negative treponemal tests ... are rare; case reports ... Immunizations Chronic ... False #Positives #differential ... diagnosis #syphilis #laboratory