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

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
#Specificity #FalsePositive ... #FalseNegative
Causes of False-Positive and False-Negative IGRA and TST Results

#Diagnosis #TB #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives ... #FalsePositives
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Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
Testing #Laboratory #FalsePositive ... #FalseNegative
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
#FOBT #Guaiac #FalsePositives ... #FalseNegatives
Summary of Evidence for Mechanical CPR for OHCA #EBM #EM #Prehosp #MechanicalCPR #Mechanical #CPR #OHCA
CPR for OHCA #EBM ... #EM #Prehosp #MechanicalCPR
HUGS – Haloperidol for Gastroparesis #EBM #EM #GI #Haloperidol #Gastroparesis #FOAMCast
Gastroparesis #EBM ... #EM #GI #Haloperidol
Cancer screening: Do the harms outweigh the benefits? #EBM #epidemioliogy #PubilcHealth #PrimaryCare #HONC #Screening #AdverseEffects #Harms
#EBM #epidemioliogy ... AdverseEffects #Harms #FalsePositives
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive
Summary of Major Trials of Steroids in Sepsis

- Vivek Moitra, MD
@vmoitra

#Steroids #Sepsis #Corticosteroids #EBM #Evidence #Trials
Corticosteroids #EBM
After emergency intubation, 33% percent of older adults die during the index hospitalization. #EBM #PatientInfo #Geriatrics
#EBM #PatientInfo