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

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Positive ... False-Negative Contingency ... confusion matrix Sensitivity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Step by Step Algorithmic ... days for improved sensitivity ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... Management #StepByStep #Algorithm
The test characteristics of the heterophile antibody (AKA the monospot test) are not perfect and can
can lead to both false ... positive and false ... #Diagnosis #Mononucleosis ... Serologies #Titers #Sensitivity
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... test - High sensitivity ... specificity - Falsely ... Widely variable sensitivity ... Laboratory #Tests #Diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Test 1: Baseline AM Cortisol 
 - Beware of major normal value
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Insufficiency Diagnosis ... Algorithm Test ... hydrocortisone - Falsely ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #endocrinology
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

Sensitivity and Specificity: Shifting Dullness, Bulging Flanks. Fluid Wave 

Source: Joseph D.
Physical Exam Diagnostic ... Accuracy Sensitivity ... Science of Bedside Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Accuracy #Testing #Sensitivity
Diagnostic Algorithms for Microcytic, Normocytic and Macrocytic Anemia

#Microcytic #Normocytic #Macrocytic #Anemia #Algorithm #Comparison #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Algorithms ... Macrocytic #Anemia #Algorithm ... #Comparison #Diagnosis
Kernig's and Brudzinski's Signs- Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy in Meningitis

#Diagnosis #PhysicalExam #Meningitis #Sensitivity #Accuracy #Kernigs #Brudzinskis
Physical Exam Diagnostic ... Meningitis #Diagnosis ... PhysicalExam #Meningitis #Sensitivity
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
and pneumocystis False ... Most specific for diagnosing ... other fungi • False ... Characteristics #Sensitivity ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Epidemiology Equations Sensitivity ... Specificity Sensitivity ... Mnemonic: - Sensitivity ... #calculations #diagnosis ... #mnemonic #sensitivity