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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... Disease Tissue ... negative predictive value ... for celiac disease ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... test, TempTest ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Clinical ... and a palpable abdominal ... initial test: abdominal ... Carcinoma #RCC #Diagnosis
Clinical features of varicose vein disease and Trendelenburg Brodie test for venous valve competence
Varicose veins result
Clinical features ... varicose vein disease ... Trendelenburg Brodie test ... absent or faulty valves ... TrendelenburgBrodie #test
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
proportion of truly diseased ... identified as diseased ... will correctly diagnose ... identify a non-diseased ... it has a narrow focus
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple #Disease
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... cause of renal disease ... • Renovascular disease ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis