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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Specificity is the ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... PositivePredictiveValue #NegativePredictiveValue ... NPV #Formulas #Statistics
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
disease present Specificity ... Sensitivity) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs Specificity ... = Rule OUT - Specificity ... Biostatistics #statistics
Receptor actions of sympathomimetic and dopaminergic agents.
Adrenaline (epinephrine) 
Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) 
Isoprenaline 
Dopamine 
Dopexamine 
Dobutamine 

#Pharmacology #Vasopressors
Receptors #Targets #Specificity ... #Dopamine #Comparison
Summary of the therapeutic uses of adrenergic agonists
Table of Catecholamine Pressors, Non-Catecholamines, Alpha and Beta Receptor
Receptors #Targets #Specificity ... #Beta #Table #Comparison
Negative Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a negative test truly does not have
Negatives #NegativePredictiveValue ... Biostatistics #statistics
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
Hydronephrosis #Comparison ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Specificity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those without the disease (true negative rate)

Specificity
Specificity Calculation ... negative rate) Specificity ... TN / (FP + TN) Specificity ... = Rule IN #Specificity ... Biostatistics #statistics
COMPARISON OF PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PREDICTING TBI IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
 - PECARN 
 - CHALICE
COMPARISON OF PREDICTION ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Sensitivity & Specificity ... 96% - Higher specificity ... Sensitivity & Specificity ... Galactomannan #diagnosis #comparison
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
sensitivity or specificity ... despite having a specificity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity