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Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
False-Negative Contingency ... FalsePositive #FalseNegative ... #Contingency #Table
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
Fecal Occult Blood Testing ... Does not change management ... to unnecessary testing ... #OccultBlood #Testing ... FalsePositives #FalseNegatives
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary

 • Clinical Presentation
 • Testing
 • Imaging
 • Laboratory Findings
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation • Testing ... COVID19 #diagnosis #management ... #coronavirus #testing
Antenatal Visits - Testing and Schedule
At Every Visit:	
 • Gestational Age	
 • BP
 • Maternal Weight
Antenatal Visits - Testing ... Stillbirth GDM Management ... Glucose Tolerance Testing ... Well-being GBS Testing ... Antenatal #Visits #Testing
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... renal biopsy - Management ... nephrotoxic drugs, treating ... ultrasonography - Manaqement ... percutaneous drainage, or stenting
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
days) is fine Treating ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pearls #Map #Testing
Types of Urinary Diversion Procedures
Ileal Conduit:
 • Technically simpler, fewer complications, and well understood. No bladder
near-normal urinary continence ... near-normal urinary continence ... Types #Comparison #Management
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
Diagnosis and Management ... and laboratory testing ... COVID19 #Diagnosis #Management
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
susceptibility testing ... #Pharmacology #Management
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
Ventilator - Algorithm Setting ... or reduce long lasting ... #CriticalCare #Management