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Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

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

Source: Joseph D.
Physical Exam Diagnostic ... Accuracy Sensitivity ... Science of Bedside Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Accuracy #Testing #Sensitivity
Kernig's and Brudzinski's Signs- Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy in Meningitis

#Diagnosis #PhysicalExam #Meningitis #Sensitivity #Accuracy #Kernigs #Brudzinskis
Physical Exam Diagnostic ... Meningitis #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam # ... Meningitis #Sensitivity
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... Characteristics Sensitivity ... Cholecystitis #Diagnosis ... Characteristics #Table #Sensitivity ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity ... Testing #Accuracy #PhysicalExam ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity ... #Diagnosis
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
 •
Candidiasis (IC) Diagnosis ... 2-3 days), 50% sensitivity ... Conduct antifungal susceptibility ... IC #antifungal #diagnosis
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
Still useful for diagnosis ... with reasonable sensitivity ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
normal exam: • Sensitivity ... Testing #Stroke #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #neurology
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #testing #physicalexam ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #diagnosis
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
evidence and low sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Kernigs ... Brudzinskis #Signs #PhysicalExam
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
A diagnosis of disk ... toe increases sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam