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Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
- An Official ATS ... should be used as ... there is a low likelihood ... care (intravenous antibiotics ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... for AI (but low sensitivity ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Differentiate primary vs ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
especially in the setting ... associated with greater likelihood ... science/article/abs ... WBC count had a sensitivity ... Bandemia had a sensitivity
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment Algorithm ... the outpatient setting ... corticosteroids, antibiotics ... therapies such as ... COPD #Treatment #Algorithm
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Methods
1) Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion: disks impregnanted w/ Abx → circular gradient →
Antibiotic Susceptibility ... Testing Methods ... concentrations + algorithms ... @ID_fellows #Antibiotic ... #Sensitivity #Susceptibility
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
This is an algorithm ... puncture nor empiric antibiotic ... pubmed/27382134 Sensitivity ... respectively, were as ... #LP #Antibiotics
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... patients with AVS ... hearing yielded 100% sensitivity ... care physician; AVS ... #Diagnosis #AVS
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
- An Official ATS ... should be used as ... there is a low likelihood ... care (intravenous antibiotics ... #Algorithm #Effusion
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
IgA TTG has high sensitivity and specificity of ~ 98% and is
Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm ... IgA TTG has high sensitivity ... As do pts with DM1 ... pts need further testing ... Disease #Diagnosis #Algorithm