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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... Step 2: Pre-test ... probability based on clinical
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Low Back Pain (Lumbago ... Mechanical Low Back ... symptomatic low back ... improves with rest ... Unrelieved by Rest
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
swinging light test ... swinging light test ... Swing light back ... Swing light back ... swinging light test
Ice-pack Test for Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood Ratio (LR) +24 / -0.16
Ice pack's can be used
Ice-pack Test for ... BostonChiefs #Icepack #Test
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
 • ACTH stimulation test - Synthetic ACTH does not stimulate cortisol secretion because
ACTH stimulation test ... CRH stimulation test ... - Serum tests that ... from a long-term lack ... result of chronic lack
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry Tests ... mitochondria (mAST), Rest ... heme (80% Hgb, rest ... MRP3 transports back ... Liver #Chemistry #Tests
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
many, it harkens back ... got us hooked on POCUS ... pouch #Hemorrhage #pocus ... #ultrasound #clinical
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
antibody (ANA) test ... ; if positive, test ... Screening Tests ... wall, and low back ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Diagnosing Myasthenia Gravis with an Ice Pack - Myasthenia gravis was suspected, and the ice-pack test
Gravis with an Ice Pack ... test was performed ... an instant cold pack ... indicating a positive test ... (Panel C) #Clinical
Patient Visual Decision Aid - Imaging tests for low back pain
There was no difference in outcomes
Aid - Imaging tests ... for low back pain ... patients with low back