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Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
of 93.8% and a specificity ... sensitivity of 94.3% and specificity ... #Obstruction #SBO ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Sensitivity, Specificity ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Small Bowel Obstruction Testing Accuracy
#Diagnosis #SBO #Testing #Accuracy #Sensitivity #Specificity #KUB #AbdominalXRay #CT #POCUS #LikelihoodRatio #Comparison
Bowel Obstruction Testing ... Accuracy #Diagnosis #SBO ... #Testing #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... LikelihoodRatio #Comparison #Table
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
pubmed/29663580 #EBM ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging, and LRINEC ScoreA Systematic Review and
#Diagnosis #EBM ... SoftTissueInfection #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
POCUS #Ultrasound #EBM ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Bacterial Illness (SBI ... common cause of SBI ... Urinalysis: LE 75% specificity ... , Nitrites 97% specificity ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
implies being able ... Specificity is the ... disease in question, so ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Calculation #Table
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
sensitivity and specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table