Diagnosis Lab Testing Presentation Utilities 
The Clinical Problem Solvers
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- In the reasoning process, we use illness scripts to compare and contrast a patient’s clinical presentation (i.e., our own illness scripts) as we reason to a working diagnosis or a final diagnosis. lab tests, imaging, and/or pathology).
PEMBlog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
However, the vast majority of pediatric patients with psychiatric complaints do not present with undifferentiated acute psychosis; rather, they are seen for behavioral concerns or suicidal ideation. When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.
PEMBlog
JUNE 2, 2025
Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.
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