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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Sensitivity is the ... Sensitivity indicates ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... #NegativePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Negative Contingency Table ... confusion matrix Sensitivity ... not to have the disease ... #Contingency #Table
Iron Deficiency Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic Disease - Laboratory Testing

SUMMARY:
 - RDW, FEP, serum iron,
Anemia of Chronic Disease ... normal but poor sensitivity ... Anemia #Chronic #Disease ... Testing #Comparison #Table
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Tests for Celiac Disease ... test - High sensitivity ... Widely variable sensitivity ... antibodies - Sensitivity ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Insipidus (Incr ADH sensitivity ... Various renal diseases ... ssyndrome, sickle cell disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
endoscopy • Able ... endoscopy limits, high sensitivity ... most small-bowel diseases ... inflammatory bowel disease ... gastroenterology #table
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
non-invasive - High sensitivity ... obstruction - Able ... retroperitoneal disease
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... The table below ... demonstrating spirochetes; sensitivity ... Given low sensitivity ... Infectious Diseases