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Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
mental status • Sens ... or extension • Sens ... will flex • Sens ... neck flexion • Sens ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
(Sensitivity, Specificity ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Algorithm for the management of children with nephrotic syndrome and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS)

#nephrotic #syndrome
nephrotic syndrome (SRNS ... nephrotic #syndrome #SRNS
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
injury: - 93.9% sens ... fracture: - 100% sens ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
disease present Specificity ... Sensitivity) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs Specificity ... = Rule OUT - Specificity ... #sensitivity #specificity
Urinalysis Testing - UTI Sensitivity and Specificity
 - Leukocyte esterase 
 - Nitrite 
 - WBCs
Sensitivity and Specificity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... the condition Specificity ... Specificity of a ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Sensitivity & Specificity ... - Serum BDG: Sens ... 96% - Higher specificity ... Sensitivity & Specificity ... - Serum GM: Sens
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

Sensitivity and Specificity: Shifting Dullness, Bulging Flanks. Fluid Wave 

Source: Joseph D.
Sensitivity and Specificity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
sensitivity, high specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... sensitivity and specificity