Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 β€’ Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Benign - Infectious ... : Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 β€’ Congestive heart failure
 β€’ Constrictive
Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... β€’ Subphrenic abscess ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 β€’ Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/Β΅L Workup ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #hematology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 β€’ Focal: Simple, Complex
 β€’ Generalized: Absence,
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... brain injury β€’ Infectious ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 β€’ Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... inclusions - If infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup #hematology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... β€’ Diagnostic ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... Plan definitive management ... #Management #Workup
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 β€’ 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 β€’ Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... Crohn's > UC Anemia ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... /other causes β€’ ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 β€’ Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products β†’
= nonspecific (nausea ... Antithrombin Ill β€’ Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
X-ray and lung ultrasound ... Phos), CBC with differential ... workup or TSH level ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 β€’ Sudden alteration in
after an initial injection ... inform immediate clinical ... establish intravenous access ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup