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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
Genital Ulcer - Differential Algorithm
Painful
 - H. ducreyi (Chancroid)
 - HSV
Painless
 - T pallidum (Chancre)
 -
Genital Ulcer - Differential ... Algorithm Painful ... Chlaymydia - HPV ... Genital #Ulcers #Differential ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Oral Cavity Lesions in a patient with HIV/AIDS
White plaque
 - Pseudo-membranous candidiasis
 - Oral hairy leukoplakia
Mass - Wart (HPV ... Lesions #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Degenerative, NPH ... Encephalopathy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Testing Sensitivity Specificity ... 96% • Higher specificity ... dx of IA PPV ... NPV >90% (In most ... in BAL does not differentiate
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
 •
- Polycythemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycythemia #Vera #PV ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycythemia Vera (PV ... hematology #Markers #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential ... #Algorithm
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... have almost 100% specificity ... Step 3) Differentiate ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Assists in liver specificity ... injury #hepatitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm