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Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Gravis Signs, Symptoms ... and Testing - Likelihood ... - Ice Test - ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Testing
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... method Duration of symptoms ... amplification test ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing ... #diagnosis
Helicobacter Pylori Testing  Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity

Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Helicobacter Pylori Testing ... Urea breath test ... first line test ... - Any red flag symptoms ... #Laboratory #Diagnosis
Celiac Disease Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:  Nonspecific symptoms (iron-deficiency anemia, failure to thrive, fever, skin
Celiac Disease Testing ... INDICATIONS FOR TESTING ... : Nonspecific symptoms ... and weight loss) Tests ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
strategy with minimal testing ... last 3 months + symptom ... cultures, but test ... allergy/ sensitivity testing ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
suspicious clinical symptoms ... sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... decision for repeat testing ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
(Cold-induced symptoms ... Positive Coombs testing ... post infectious setting ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... K), H. pylori test ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... thyroid function test
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
 
The USPSTF recommends
have any signs or symptoms ... of lung cancer (diagnostic ... testing may be ... have signs or symptoms ... is removed to test
A decision aid for people considering lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
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The USPSTF
have any signs or symptoms ... of lung cancer (diagnostic ... testing may be ... have signs or symptoms ... is removed to test