11 results
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... Symptoms #Signs #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #SGEM #VisualAbstract
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
Accuracy of abdominal ... demonstrated a sensitivity ... of 93.8% and a specificity ... #Testing #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #VisualAbstract
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
29663580 #EBM #VisualAbstract ... Hydronephrosis #Comparison #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Validation of the “Step-by-Step” Approach in the Management of Young Febrile Infants
Visual Abstract by Dr. Kirsty
Peds #Pediatrics #VisualAbstract ... #StepByStep #Algorithm ... Febrile #Infant #Risk ... Stratification #Fever
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
to identify low-risk ... pubmed/27382134 Sensitivity ... and specificity ... Febrile #Infant #StepByStep ... Stratification #Fever
Point of Care Ultrasound for Appendicitis - Visual Abstract

Can emergency physicians diagnose appendicitis with high specificity
combination of risk ... pubmed/29760840 Sensitivity ... 42.8% Specificity ... #Appendicitis #VisualAbstract ... #Accuracy #Sensitivity
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
& Specificity: ... & Specificity ... useful in high risk ... post-2010 almost never ... Frozen ice-pops (in setting
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 ... 96% • Higher specificity ... useful in high risk ... post-2010 almost never
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Sensitivity (rule ... Specificity (rule ... FN) Higher specificity ... PPV Higher sensitivity ... error Validity (“accuracy
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
IgA TTG has high sensitivity and specificity of ~ 98% and is
Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm ... IgA TTG has high sensitivity ... and specificity ... relatives have inc risk ... pts need further testing