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Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Characteristics Sensitivity ... Specificity and Likelihood ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table #Sensitivity
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood ... obesity LR +0.1 Thin skinfold ... Cushings #Syndrome #Likelihood
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Epidemiology Equations Sensitivity ... negatives Positive Likelihood ... Ratio = Sensitivity ... Specificity) Negative Likelihood ... Ratio = (1 – Sensitivity
Urinalysis Testing - UTI Sensitivity and Specificity
 - Leukocyte esterase 
 - Nitrite 
 - WBCs
Urinalysis Testing ... - UTI Sensitivity ... #Urinalysis #Testing ... #Accuracy #Sensitivity
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing ... #Tests #Sensitivity
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity ... Fasciitis #LRINEC #Testing ... #PhysicalExam #Sensitivity
Ascites: Physical Exam Diagnostic Accuracy

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

Source: Joseph D.
Diagnostic Accuracy Sensitivity ... Ascites #Accuracy #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
, Symptoms and Testing ... - Likelihood Ratios ... #PhysicalExam #Testing
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Spectrum of Disease → Sensitivity ... Specificity → Likelihood ... Step 4: Sensitivity ... to known scan sensitivity
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
ADA - Very high sensitivity ... - Increase in sensitivity ... % + ADA - High sensitivity ... neutrophil ratio - High sensitivity ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing