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Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... Test Characteristics ... Specificity and Likelihood ... Ratios of Labs, ... Cholecystitis #Diagnosis
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
imaging based on the likelihood ... trauma DISTAL RADIUS ... Painful balottement test ... , Painful radial ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
and Testing - Likelihood ... Ratios Does this ... speaking - Sleep Test ... - Ice Test - ... eye movements #Diagnosis
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Specificity → Likelihood ... Step 2: Pre-test ... and known scan characteristics ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction
67 y/o M with PMH colon cancer s/p resection and colostomy, multiple SBO managed
w no colostomy output ... and increasing abdominal ... finding for POCUS diagnosis ... You also see characteristic ... high positive likelihood
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... The diagnosis of ... the following characteristics ... can increase the likelihood ... #Fever #Diagnosis