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Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... and Likelihood Ratios ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
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, Symptoms and Testing ... - Likelihood Ratios ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
DVT - Likelihood Ratios ... - Tenderness - NS ... DVT #Likelihood #Ratios ... #PhysicalExam # ... diagnosis
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios ... , in women LR +NS ... Syndrome #Likelihood #Ratios ... #LRs #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
: TTP has high rates ... awaiting confirmatory testing ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Table #Hematology
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
Scleroderma Like ... - Differential Diagnosis ... therefore occur in the setting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Differential Diagnosis ... the lung) - CNS ... Cerebral salt wasting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Screening Testing ... aldosterone/renin ratio ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Screening #Workup #table
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics and Likelihood Ratios

The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have 
carpal
Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics ... and Likelihood Ratios ... pubmed/10865306 #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Lassa fever virus, rabies ... bowel disease, scleroderma ... Miscellaneous - Scorpion sting ... #differential #diagnosis