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Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
VisualAbstract #POCUS ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Specificity is the ... it has a narrow focus ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... PositivePredictiveValue #NegativePredictiveValue
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 #POCUS ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
Subungual #Fracture #POCUS ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Small Bowel Obstruction Testing Accuracy
#Diagnosis #SBO #Testing #Accuracy #Sensitivity #Specificity #KUB #AbdominalXRay #CT #POCUS #LikelihoodRatio #Comparison
Bowel Obstruction Testing ... Diagnosis #SBO #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... AbdominalXRay #CT #POCUS
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
can cause a ↓ specificity ... Specificity can ... yrs of age) the specificity ... adjusted d-dimer testing ... Ddimer #dimer #pathophysiology
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
Obstruction on POCUS ... which she reports getting ... sensitivity & specificity ... #Obstruction #POCUS
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
sensitivity and specificity ... Urinary antigen testing ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology