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Agents Causing Potential False-Positive Results With Urine Drug Screening 

#Urine #DrugScreens #UDS #Laboratory #Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive
#DrugScreens #UDS ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive ... #Testing
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
#DrugScreens #UDS ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive ... #Testing
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
#OccultBlood #Testing ... #Laboratory #FalsePositive ... FalseNegative #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Accuracy #Inaccurate
Summary of Agents Potentially Contributing to False Positives on Urine Drug Screens (UDS)
Marijuana Metabolites
 • dronabinol,
Drug Screens (UDS ... #FalsePositives ... DrugScreening #UDS ... #Testing #Laboratory
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing ... not available in US ... in BAL does not differentiate ... Galactomannan #Fungal #Testing ... #FalsePositives
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... sensitivity for correct classification ... Thus, further testing ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential ... #Algorithm
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Eating disorders ... • Hypoplastic MDS ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Eating disorders ... • Hypoplastic MDS ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia
There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
A lazy man's classification ... cerebral salt wasting ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm ... #Differential #
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... decision for repeat testing ... *Abnormal USS may ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential