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What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
evaluation • False ... cauliflower, ETOH • False ... to unnecessary testing ... #OccultBlood #Testing ... #FOBT #Guaiac #FalsePositives
Urine Drug Screens - Common drugs that may cause false positive tests 

Amphetamines:
Bupropion, Labetalol, Methylphenidate, Phenylephrine,
that may cause false ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive ... #Testing
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Evaluation & Testing Algorithm

#Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy #HCM #HOCM #Evaluation #diagnosis #Testing #Algorithm #cardiology
- Evaluation & Testing ... Algorithm #Hypertrophic ... Evaluation #diagnosis #Testing ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Agents Causing Potential False-Positive Results With Urine Drug Screening 

#Urine #DrugScreens #UDS #Laboratory #Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive
Causing Potential False-Positive ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #FalsePositive ... #Testing
Summary of Agents Potentially Contributing to False Positives on Urine Drug Screens (UDS)
Marijuana Metabolites
 • dronabinol,
Contributing to False ... (High Rate of False ... not result in false ... #FalsePositives ... DrugScreening #UDS #Testing
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
Test Results False ... anticoagulant medication False ... #OccultBlood #Testing ... #Laboratory #FalsePositive
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 ... Specificity and False ... BAL samples • False ... Galactomannan #Fungal #Testing ... #FalsePositives
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pointes if in a setting ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... one post op Cardiology ... Recent PCI/stenting ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #algorithm