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

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
/ (1 – Specificity ... ) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs ... : - Sensitivity ... Biostatistics #statistics
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
reasonable-appearing sensitivity ... or specificity ... or sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Specificity #Graph
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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present in 15% of cases ... 100%, specificity ... Demyelinating disease caused ... at 50–90%, but specificity ... 92% and specificity
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
• Most common cause ... media • Important cause ... Sputum culture (Sensitivity ... in bacteremia (Sensitivity ... 82%, Specificity
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
relationship between sensitivity ... /specificity and ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Glucan-containing gauzes ... Characteristics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Laboratory
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Embolism The sensitivity ... and specificity ... evaluating for other causes
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... Galactomannan sensitivity ... associated with low sensitivity ... and low specificity ... considered in certain cases
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Proves cause-effect ... Sensitivity (rule ... Specificity (rule ... FN) Higher specificity ... PPV Higher sensitivity