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Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
+ are present; Spec ... if sitting up); Spec ... • Sens: 5%; Spec ... • Sens: 30%; Spec ... Sens: 60-90%; Spec
Fungal Biomarkers: Comparing Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 •
Sens ~55-96%, Spec ... Cryptococcus • Sens/Spec
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
- 0.06 - 100% spec ... calculate - 98.4%* spec
Screening Tools for Alcohol Use
 • Single Item - 82% sens, 79% spec for "unhealthy use"
82% sens, 79% spec ... 77% sens, 79% spec ... 73% sens, 91% spec ... 86% sens, 89% spec ... 90% sens, 80% spec
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
($$), Nuclear SPECT
Overview of nuclear medicine studies and clinical applications

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile [febrilepodcast.com
taggedWBC #PET #SPECT
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
culture - Sens High, Spec ... tests - Sens High, Spec ... dehydrogenase - Sens High, Spec ... assay - Sens High, Spec ... immunoassays - Sens Low, Spec
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
uptake seen on SPECT
"Baby Shark" Pleural Effusion on POCUS

Tanya Specht @TanyaPOCUS

#Pleural #Effusion #Lung #POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
POCUS Tanya Specht
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
 •
- Incr in time spent