Wells Criteria and Modified Wells Criteria: Assessment for Pulmonary Embolism
When to use: “The Wells’ Criteria risk stratifies patients for pulmonary embolism (PE) and provides an estimated pre-test probability. The physician can then chose what further testing is required for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (I.E. d-dimer or CT...Glomerular Filtration Rate vs. Creatinine Clearance
The creatinine clearance (CrCl) is used to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). It’s hard to directly measure the GFR, so we use CrCl –something we can measure–to estimate the GFR. Creatinine is derived from the metabolism of creatine in...Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
#Alcoholic Ketoacidosis #Alcohol withdrawal #Alcohol Abuse #Hyperkalemia -Pathophysiology of Alcoholic Ketoacidosis reviewed. Alcoholic patient with a 2-day history of abd. pain, n/v, who has bee binge drinking and hasn’t eaten in days. Labs show a high anion...JONES’ HEART: Criteria for Rheumatic Fever
Major Jones’ Criteria: JONES J – Joint involvement (polyarthritis) which is usually migratory and inflammatory joint involvement that starts in the lower joints and ascends to upper joints O – Offended Heart –i.e. myocarditis or inflammation of the heart...Protected: Z, Common InPatient Topics
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