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Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity ... , Specificity %) ... Testing #Accuracy #PhysicalExam ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Sensitivity is the ... Specificity is the ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... #NegativePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
/ (1 – Specificity ... ) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs ... : - Sensitivity ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

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

Source: Joseph D.
Diagnostic Accuracy Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Accuracy #Testing #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #FluidWave
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Characteristics Sensitivity ... , Specificity and ... Characteristics #Table #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatio ... #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
with reasonable sensitivity ... and specificity ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
The SALT Mass Casualty Triage Approach
 - SALT stands for “Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, and Treatment
data regarding sensitivity ... , specificity, or ... MassCasualty #Incident #Algorithm
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
normal exam: • Sensitivity ... 92%, Specificity ... Testing #Stroke #physicalexam
Chronic Hep B - How to screen for HCC
-q6 months ultrasounds
-Use of AFP has been found
lack adequate sensitvity ... nad specificity ... AASLD diagnostic algorithm ... LiverNodule #Screening #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... value of 0.0115, sensitivity ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... #Differential #Algorithm