Medical Diagnosis
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FIRST TIME SEIZURE Anyone who spends time on an inpatient neurology service knows this is one of our top 5 consults/admits. This thread will break down the workup and the decision...
1/ It all started with debilitating fatigue. @rabihmgeha and I present this very important case. An astute diagnostician can be the difference between life and death.
1/6 CASE I posted a time series of LFTs yesterday asking: "Can you come up with one or more scenarios that include a hematological diagnosis?" Lots of great thoughts! ... I wi...
🧠 CSF HSV PCR is diagnostic of HSV encephalitis but may be negative if done during the first 72h of onset of illness. A🧵 on Why is it important to distinguish herpes simplex ence...
A diagnosis that is often missed. A patient presented with weakness and fever with PMH of metastatic cancer.. Hypotensive and tachycardiac. How would you treat this patient ? http...
1/3 I tweeted a poll yesterday asking for the most likely dx based on a series of lab results. 64% of you chose the correct answer, namely tumor lysis syndrome, mostly through a p...
1/4 CASE 33 yo M presents to the ED, unresponsive and hypotensive. No known previous history. Take a look at his CBC (time series) and answer the 3 questions shown on the graph...
2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Com...
1/ How to use the H2FPEF score (https://t.co/0wdlig3ogV) to assist with the diagnosis of #HFpEF. https://t.co/oFNjd2idD5
What is the diagnosis? #MEDTECH https://t.co/1SjXtavQ45
What is the diagnosis? #MedTwitter https://t.co/uCogGJoejV
1/5 CASE 46 yo presents with the CBC and differential shown in the graphic. 1. Describe the CBC in the fewest words possible. 2. Describe the WBC differential using just 2 word...
What is the skin rash #medtwitter https://t.co/M5IClNM2e7
What is the likely diagnosis? #MedTwitter https://t.co/lqF4sJlXrn
What is the diagnosis? Chronic aortic dissection Cirrhosis Hypoplastic right heart syndrome Superior vena caval obstruction Transposition of the great vessels https://t.co...
Distraught parents bring their son to you. They tell you that he has been having weakness of his left hand since 1 year. With wasting. No sensory symptoms. They have been told, M...
Male 55 years old presented with acute symptom. What is the distribution of acute GGO shown in HRCT? Kindly revise posts of acute GGO and differential diagnosis https://t.co/QF9SgI...
1/11 A 44 y/o man presents with acute abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. HR 130, BP 90/52. We walk into the room to meet the patient. What do you notice? This should generate...
56 male underwent HRCT twice, 2 months interval. Second HRCT shows stationary course after antimicrobial therapy. Bronchoscopy was done after. This case gives a lesson to stick to...
What is likely diagnosis? https://t.co/YDgCiJct7V
Two extremes of modern medicine are: Physical exam is so outdated -- we have all kinds of technological advances now! and H&P solves 90% of cases! All this other stuff is mostly...
💭When we think of #Rheumatoid #Arthritis , a mental image of this comes up 👇 But does it have to get to this🤔??? 🙅NO! Definitely, NO! 🙅 #MedTwitter #MedEd #RheumTwitter #Rheumat...
A previously healthy 48-year-old man 👉acute onset of pain in both flanks 👉 during the preceding 6 months he had had an unintentional weight loss of approximately 5 kg https://t.co...
A rough guide to infectious diseases that I've learnt over the past one year combined into a short thread. This is for newbies/students, experts can add to the thread. A humble att...
