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Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Test Characteristics ... Fasciitis #LRINEC #Testing ... #Accuracy #PhysicalExam ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity ... #Diagnosis
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Test Characteristics ... Sensitivity ... , Specificity and ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
normal exam: • Sensitivity ... 92%, Specificity ... test characteristics ... #Stroke #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #neurology
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... and specificity ... amplification test ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing ... #diagnosis
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

Sensitivity and Specificity: Shifting Dullness, Bulging Flanks. Fluid Wave 

Source: Joseph D.
Accuracy Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Ascites #Accuracy #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing ... #Tests #Sensitivity ... #Specificity
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... and specificity ... and specificity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
- Provocative Testing ... - Hawkin’s Test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
Still useful for diagnosis ... with reasonable sensitivity ... and specificity ... Resource limited setting ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... have almost 100% specificity ... for AI (but low sensitivity ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Insufficiency #Algorithm