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10 Steps to Managing Guillain-Barre Syndrome:
1️⃣ When to suspect
2️⃣ How to Diagnose
3️⃣ When to admit to
When to start Treatment ... 5️⃣ Treatment ... Progression 9️⃣ Predicting
Goodsall's Rule states that 
Fistulas can be described as anterior or posterior relating to a line
Successful treatment ... limited use in predicting ... Predictive accuracy ... Overall predictive
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
High negative predictive ... Reflects response to treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
aeruginosa Clinical Prediction ... High negative predictive ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS)

Part B: Based on patient interview: 

1. Have you ever
Prediction of Alcohol ... rehabilitation treatment ... or out-patient treatment ... nausea) #PAWSS #Prediction
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