Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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diagnosis workup diarrhea accuracy adrenal cdiff clostridium endocrinology falsenegative falsepositive fecal fobt guaiac hematology hypertension hypokalemia inaccurate infectious insufficiency management
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing: 1. C. difficile PCR (Stool) 2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... C. difficile PCR ... Breath test for ... anti-motility agents ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing Common causes: • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... and Screening Testing ... Renal ultrasound, Tests ... withdrawal of suspected agent ... #Hypertension #Differential
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity • Toxigenic culture
Summary of Available Tests ... amplification tests ... nucleic acid (toxin genes ... #CDiff #laboratory ... #diagnosis #testing
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Insufficiency Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Weakness, fatigue, nausea ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ACTH) stimulation test
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results False Positive gFOBT: Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
Causes of Inaccurate ... Fecal Occult Blood Test ... #OccultBlood #Testing ... #Laboratory #FalsePositive ... FalseNegative #Diagnosis #Differential
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... Best to have an ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. ***Typical presentations: • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... confirmed via genetic testing ... continued in most cases ... dependent upon local laboratory ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
infections can cause ... species, Clostridium difficile ... appendicitis • Nausea ... diarrhea (etiologic agent ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential
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