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Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing ... Weaknesses and Accuracy ... #Protein #Diagnosis ... SPEP #IFE #FLC #Nephrology ... #Laboratory #Comparison
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... #Symptoms #Signs ... #Accuracy #Sensitivity ... Specificity #SGEM #VisualAbstract ... #EBM #Diagnosis
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
Accuracy of abdominal ... ultrasound for the diagnosis ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Accuracy #Testing ... Abdominal #Ultrasound #VisualAbstract
Table 1 includes a comprehensive list of essential live kidney donor medical testing.

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #LivingDonor #Kidney
donor medical testing ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... Candidate #LRRT #LURT #Testing ... #Laboratory #Evaluation
Woltman’s sign on Physical Exam

53-year-old man presented with fatigue and sensitivity to cold. A physical examination
Woltman’s sign on ... — and laboratory ... evaluation confirmed a diagnosis ... deep-tendon reflex, is a neurologic ... Clinical #Video #Neurology
Helicobacter Pylori Testing  Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity

Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Helicobacter Pylori Testing ... Specificity Serology ... other means of testing ... #Laboratory #Diagnosis ... #Accuracy
Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologies 
HBsAg - HBcAb (total) - HBcAb (IgM) - HBsAb
Susceptible to HBV
Immune
HepBVirus #Serologies #serology ... #diagnosis #hepatology ... interpreation #testing ... #laboratory
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... extensor weakness - Sign ... Pronator #Drift #Testing ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #neurology #cva
Parinaud's Syndrome
What?
 - Impaired upgaze
 - Light-near dissociation
 - Convergence retraction nystagmus
 - Eyelid retraction (Collier's
retraction (Collier's sign ... Hydrocephalus → "setting ... sun sign" - Vascular ... Parinauds #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #pineal #neurology
How to use C-reactive protein (CRP)- Review https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/19/archdischild-2018-315079

 - An CRP alone cannot be used to
demonstrates a poor diagnostic ... accuracy for bacterial ... CReactiveProtein #VisualAbstract ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Laboratory #Utility