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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
• The positive predictive ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
COMPARISON OF PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PREDICTING TBI IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
 - PECARN 
 - CHALICE
COMPARISON OF PREDICTION ... TOOLS FOR PREDICTING
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult ... Difficult #Airway #Prediction
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
Predicting an anatomically ... difficult-airway prediction ... Additionally, these prediction
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
absent Positive Predictive ... positives Negative Predictive
Rhabdomyolysis - McMahon risk prediction score

Using this prediction model, patients with a score < 5 were
- McMahon risk prediction ... score Using this prediction ... McMahon #risk #prediction
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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photophobia, non-productive ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Embolism: Odds Ratios for the ECG Components for the Risk of Hemodynamic Collapse or Death

Findings
Electrocardiogram #S1Q3T3 #Predictive
Biliary POCUS for Cholecystectomy - Visual Abstract
What is the predictive value of biliary POCUS in terms
Abstract What is the predictive
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
only ECG finding predictive