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Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Tuberculosis (TB ... ) Skin Test #Diagnosis ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... Step 2: Pre-test ... probability based on clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... (IGRA) • PPD (TST ... and simultaneous TST ... with TST or IGRA
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin Test ... individual with active TB ... consistent with old TB ... Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST
Best practice recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients experiencing traumatic brain injury during
Best practice recommendations ... anticoagulants #TBI
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... amplification test ... Pleural #Effusions #TB
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
liver function tests ... evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... the remainder, a clinical ... elevation and clinical
Free fluid + empty uterus + positive pregnancy test = better start looking for a mass!
If
positive pregnancy test ... Pregnancy #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Transvaginal #Clinical
Positive Anterior drawer test video

Test for ACL integrity. Knee at 90 degree pulling tibia forward. (+)
Anterior drawer test ... video Test for ... tibia forward. (+) test ... Anterior #Drawer #Test ... #Positive #Clinical
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury seen with positive Anterior Drawer Test

#Anterior #Cruciate #Ligament #ACL #Injury #Drawer #Test
Anterior Drawer Test ... Injury #Drawer #Test ... #physicalexam #clinical