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COVID-19 PCR and Serology Testing - Timeline
 • Nucleic Acid Test - Most reliable and can
COVID-19 PCR and ... Serology Testing ... Antibody Test - Can ... antibody #antibodies #testing ... #laboratory #Timeline
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Diagnostic Testing
Pleural fluid culture - Up to 40% sensitivity
Pleural biopsy culture and
Effusions - Diagnostic Testing ... Pleural fluid PCR ... Pleural biopsy PCR ... Tuberculous #Diagnosis #Laboratory ... #Testing #Sensitivity
Chronic Hep B - How to screen for HCC
-q6 months ultrasounds
-Use of AFP has been found
to screen for HCC ... lack adequate sensitvity ... nad specificity ... AASLD diagnostic algorithm ... LiverNodule #Screening #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... CHD, congenital ... cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... hypertension; PCH ... Hypertension #Workup #Algorithm
COVID19 Testing - PCR vs CT - Sensitivity and Specificity

Original Data via https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2020200642

Admission laboratory patterns in
COVID19 Testing ... - PCR vs CT - Sensitivity ... .2020200642 Admission laboratory ... iBookCC #COVID19 #Testing ... Sensitivity #Specificity
Procalcitonin Limitations - Situations where PCT can be misinterpreted:
- Single value testing
- AKI/CKD
- Pancreatitis
- Cancers/Neoplasms
- Trauma
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Situations where PCT ... can be misinterpreted ... - Single value testing ... #Limitations #PCT ... #Diagnosis #Laboratory
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD ... onset, severe, tearing ... COPD, asthma, CF, PCP ... Diagnosis #Management #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
Galactomannan Testing ... Sensitivity Specificity ... Other +s: PCP, Histo ... Galactomannan #Fungal #Testing ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
- CCP antibody testing ... test but lower sensitivity ... CRP level: (1) Can ... more time for the laboratory ... Rheumatoid #Arthritis #laboratory
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Methods
1) Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion: disks impregnanted w/ Abx → circular gradient →
Susceptibility Testing ... MIC 4) Automated testing ... concentrations + algorithms ... #Antibiotic #Sensitivity ... #laboratory #microbiology