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Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Test Characteristics ... (Sensitivity, Specificity ... Fasciitis #LRINEC #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Used Diagnostic Tests ... reliable noninvasive test ... first-level screening test ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Negative Contingency Table ... test is the proportion ... disease, who will test ... #Contingency #Table
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... sensitivity, high specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... amplification test ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test ... Sensitivity, Specificity ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Performance Characteristics ... Cancer Screening Tests ... Stool/blood-based tests ... Multitarget stool DNA test ... colon #Screening #Tests
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of 
Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) 
- WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP

#Mesenteric
Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance ... of Laboratory Tests ... (Sensitivity, Specificity ... Ischemia #AMI #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... Cost - Cost per test ... etiology of syncope Tests ... Cardiac stress test ... Effectiveness #table
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing ... #Tests #Sensitivity ... #Specificity
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... → Sensitivity, Specificity ... Step 2: Pre-test ... Develop a pre-test ... assign a final post-test