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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-Negative Contingency Table ... confusion matrix Sensitivity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Contingency #Table
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Characteristics Sensitivity ... , Specificity and ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Sensitivity is the ... Sensitivity indicates ... Specificity is the ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table
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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
test - High sensitivity ... and specificity ... Widely variable sensitivity ... and specificity ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
reasonable-appearing sensitivity ... or specificity ... despite having a specificity ... or sensitivity ... #Specificity #Graph
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... 100%, specificity ... at 50–90%, but specificity ... 92% and specificity ... CNS #Infections #differential
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
dermatidis • Sensitivity ... & Specificity: ... 96% - Higher specificity ... & Specificity ... BAL GM does not differentiate
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
relationship between sensitivity ... /specificity and ... Diagnosis #Statistics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatios ... #Relationship #Graph
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
value of 0.0115, sensitivity ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Insipidus (Incr ADH sensitivity ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table