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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
Causes of False-Positive and False-Negative IGRA and TST Results

#Diagnosis #TB #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
False-Negative IGRA ... SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA ... #FalseNegatives
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
positive TST or IGRA ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... Tuberculin skin testing ... microscopy • Testing ... #Tuberculosis #Testing
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary

 • Clinical Presentation
 • Testing
 • Imaging
 • Laboratory Findings
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Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation • Testing ... COVID19 #diagnosis #management ... #coronavirus #testing
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
release assay (IGRA ... #Tuberculosis #Testing ... TuberculinSkinTest #IGRA
Management of adult IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura) - Treatment algorithm for the management of IgAV patients
Management of adult ... IgA Vasculitis ... algorithm for the management ... involvement Management ... of IgA vasculitis
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
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
negative with IgA ... patients with IgA ... and specificity IgA ... patients with IgA ... Celiac #Disease #Testing
Celiac Disease Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:  Nonspecific symptoms (iron-deficiency anemia, failure to thrive, fever, skin
Celiac Disease Testing ... INDICATIONS FOR TESTING ... tTG IgG and DGP IgGa ... by IFA • DGP IgA ... • HLA testing