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Common Data Fallacies to Avoid

#Diagnosis #EBM #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Data #Fallacies #Types #Causes #Differential #Meded
Common Data Fallacies ... Cognitive #Biases #Data ... #Fallacies #Types ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis
Inherited
 • Membrane
 • Internal
    - Hemoglobin
Causes of Hemolytic ... - Antibody/DAT ... - Complement/DAT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
POCUS is more accurate ... cellulitis in cases ... POCUS has a negative ... abscess (pooled data ... PratsEM #Abscess #POCUS
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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blood smear + DAT ... Heinz bodies, DAT ... Sickle cells, DAT ... • Spherocytes, DAT ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Rouleaux Flow on POCUS ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause ... Jugular #IJ #Vein #POCUS
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
newer published data ... reflecting new data ... It reflects new data ... 31 • First US case ... unilateral* • POCUS
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Meta-Analysis: pools data ... Proves cause-effect ... Cross-Sectional: data ... measures trueness of data ... Late-look bias: data
Diabetes – diabetic nephropathy
Majority of the literature in the area is applied to the diabetic nephropathy
patients based on data ... be the primary cause
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
explanation • best data ... (muddy brown casts
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
30181794 Our data ... Obstruction #SBO #POCUS