Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Evaluation Algorithm

Step 1: Consider whether Posm may actually be normal or elevated
Step 2:
Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Evaluation ... Algorithm Step ... considered likely, the cause ... Hyponatremia #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Evaluation #Algorithm
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... differentiating kidney ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... Hypokalemia #diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... urgent nephrology evaluation ... are caused by prerenal ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
patient should focus ... Brain death evaluation ... #CriticalCare #BrainDeath ... #Dead #Algorithm
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 โ€ข Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... during medical evaluation ... or workup for specific ... 1,500 cells/ยตL Workup ... for secondary causes
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... the most likely cause ... recovery also causes ... #Workup #AAFP
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 โ€ข Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
myalgia, serositis, Kidney ... โ€ข Immunologic Workup ... Discontinuation of causal ... cutaneous-DIL โ€ข Evolution ... โ€ข Immunologic Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isnโ€™t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... oxygen sensing (at kidneys ... about secondary causes ... #workup #hematology
Approach to using the perfusion scan in Brain Death Evaluation

Like any diagnostic test, a flow scan
in Brain Death Evaluation ... death, so in this case ... CriticalCare #NuclearMed #BrainDeath ... Perfusion #Scan #Algorithm