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Urinalysis Testing - UTI Sensitivity and Specificity
 - Leukocyte esterase 
 - Nitrite 
 - WBCs
Urinalysis Testing ... - UTI Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... #Urinalysis #Testing ... #Specificity #Laboratory
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Pathogens, and Testing ... Glucan-containing gauzes ... @serotavirus #BetaDGlucan ... Characteristics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #Laboratory
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
, high specificity ... and specificity ... and specificity ... #Tuberculosis #Laboratory ... #Testing #diagnosis
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of 
Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) 
- WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP

#Mesenteric
Performance of Laboratory ... Tests (Sensitivity ... , Specificity) ... Ischemia #AMI #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing ... Sensitivity Specificity ... in BAL does not differentiate ... blood products #BetaDGlucan ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... the much smaller differential ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm
COVID19 Testing - PCR vs CT - Sensitivity and Specificity

Original Data via https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2020200642

Admission laboratory patterns in
COVID19 Testing ... - PCR vs CT - Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... .2020200642 Admission laboratory ... #Specificity #SARSCoV2
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
test - High sensitivity ... and specificity ... and specificity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Laboratory #Tests
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
& Specificity: ... & Specificity ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... Frozen ice-pops (in setting ... Fungal #Biomarkers #BetaDGlucan
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... value of 0.0115, sensitivity ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... Thus, further testing ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential