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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 Table ... #Specificity #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 ... #FOBT #Guaiac #FalsePositives ... #FalseNegatives
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
#OccultBlood #Testing ... #Laboratory #FalsePositive ... #FalseNegative
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... Cardiac #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
risks/benefits in setting ... #Pharmacology #Table ... #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Stable patients ... Recent PCI/stenting ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing ... medical and surgical management
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
(arrhythmia in setting ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... summary #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Putrid sputum/sour-tasting ... Lung Abscess Management ... shows a small, stable ... differential #causes #management
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Start Algorithm - Management ... effective for treating ... If patient is stable ... dosing TID/QID #Management
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
Tale of Two Staphylococci ... cultures, appropriate management ... anyone wanted, testing ... teamwork, careful management