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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Spectrum of Disease → Sensitivity ... Step 4: Sensitivity ... to known scan sensitivity ... Stewardship #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
days for improved sensitivity ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Diagnosis: • Physical ... Sputum culture (Sensitivity ... in bacteremia (Sensitivity ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Candidiasis (IC) Diagnosis ... 2-3 days), 50% sensitivity ... Additional management ... IC #antifungal #diagnosis ... #management #candida
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
tubular necrosis Diagnosis ... counterintuitive, but sensitivity ... —100%) #Diagnosis ... #Management #ContrastInduced
Evidence supports the Ottawa ankle rules as an accurate instrument for excluding fractures of the ankle
instrument has a sensitivity ... #Diagnosis #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Galactomannan sensitivity ... associated with low sensitivity ... #Management #treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
and COPD The diagnosis ... bronchoprovocation test, and sensitivity ... the differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Chronic Hep B - How to screen for HCC
-q6 months ultrasounds
-Use of AFP has been found
lack adequate sensitvity ... follow the AASLD diagnostic ... algorithm: #Diagnosis ... #Management #HepB
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Obstructive) Diagnosis ... line: EUS only if diagnosis ... EUS-guided FNA (low sensitivity ... #Pancreatitis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology