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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 ... NPV #Formulas #Statistics
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... • Statistical ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... #Basophilia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... 33 C) • Incr sensitivity ... Metabolic Causes ... Anesthesiology #Causes ... #Differential
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Insipidus (Incr ADH sensitivity ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • JC-virus PCR sensitivity ... CNS #Infections #differential
Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
Causes of Primary ... Amenorrhea - Differential ... : • Androgen insensitivity ... Primary #Amenorrhea #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Neurological Sx, Sensitivity ... Headaches #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #primary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... The most common causes ... ischemia (90% sensitivity ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... CSF has a 99% sensitivity ... Good indicator to differentiate ... with a diagnostic sensitivity ... CNS #Infections #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
sequences improve sensitivity ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause