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Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
Acad Emerg Med. 2018 ... Hydronephrosis #Comparison ... #Accuracy #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Testing
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Sensitivity, Specificity ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy
Small Bowel Obstruction Testing Accuracy
#Diagnosis #SBO #Testing #Accuracy #Sensitivity #Specificity #KUB #AbdominalXRay #CT #POCUS #LikelihoodRatio #Comparison
Accuracy #Diagnosis ... #SBO #Testing # ... #Specificity #KUB ... LikelihoodRatio #Comparison ... #Table
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
AEM April 2018 ... Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... Symptoms #Signs #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing ... Weaknesses and Accuracy ... Monoclonal #Gammopathy #Testing ... Nephrology #Laboratory #Comparison ... #Table
Sensitivity and Specificity of KUB compared to CT for Bowel Obstruction, Urolithiasis, Appendicitis, Pyelonephritis, Pancreatitis, Diverticulitis
Comparison
Sensitivity and Specificity ... Diverticulitis Comparison ... Radiology. 2002 ... #Sensitivity #Specificty ... #Accuracy #Testing
There are several screening questionnaires for OSA, although the accuracy of many of them is limited.4,6,7,24
, although the accuracy ... than 85%, with a specificity ... , and a higher specificity ... the primary care setting ... Fam Physician. 2016
Replacement Heart Valves - Mechanical and Bioprosthetic
Mechanical Valves:
 • Ball and Cage Valves: Hufnagel Caged Ball
Discontinued • Tilting ... Bioprosthesis: (2002 ... Bioprosthetic #comparison ... #table #thoracic
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Sensitivity & Specificity ... 96% - Higher specificity ... formulations post-2010 ... Frozen ice-pops (in setting ... Galactomannan #diagnosis #comparison
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... PCI/DES ( Levine 2016 ... since ACS ( Levine 2016 ... stroke ( Doherty 2017 ... surgery Stress Testing