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Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... Characteristics Sensitivity ... and Likelihood Ratios ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatio ... #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
Exam Likelihood Ratios ... Barrel Chest - LR ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD #PhysicalExam ... #LikelihoodRatios ... #LRs #diagnosis
Physical Exam Findings Predicting Thyroid Carcinoma - Likelihood Ratios
If goiter is present:
 • Cervical adenopathy -
Findings Predicting Thyroid ... Carcinoma - Likelihood Ratios ... SatyaPatelMD #Thyroid ... #Carcinoma #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis
Malaria in Returning Travelers

Signs and Symptoms for Malaria with Likelihood Ratios 

Does this patient have malaria?
with Likelihood Ratios ... pubmed/21057136 #Diagnosis ... #Malaria #LRs # ... LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Testing - Likelihood Ratios ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #LRs ... #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
Thyroid Goiter on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios by Finding
 • No goiter by palpation or
Thyroid Goiter on ... Exam - Likelihood Ratios ... SatyaPatelMD #Thyroid ... #Goiter #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #LR
Hypovolemia
Physical Examination Findings and Likelihood Ratios for Hypovolemia

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10086438

The rational clinical examination. Is this patient hypovolemic? JAMA.
and Likelihood Ratios ... #Diagnosis #Hypovolemia ... #LRs #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics and Likelihood Ratios

The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have 
carpal
Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics ... and Likelihood Ratios ... CarpalTunnel #Syndrome #LRs ... #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
for likelihood ratios ... relationship between sensitivity ... : #Diagnosis # ... Statistics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatios