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Nomograma de Fagan

#fagan  #nomogram #calculation #diagnosis  #likelihood  #ratios  #medstudent  #CEM
Nomograma de Fagan ... #fagan #nomogram ... calculation #diagnosis #likelihood
Draw a connecting your pre-test probability and your likelihood ratio. This provides you with your post-test
probability and your likelihood ... #EBM #Fagan #Nomogram
Hypovolemia on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios
 - Sunken eyes
 - Abnormal skin turgor (subclavicular area)
Physical Exam - Likelihood ... for hypovolemia Fagan ... nomograms show ... #PhysicalExam #Likelihood
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
disease present Specificity ... negatives Positive Likelihood ... ) Negative Likelihood ... Sensitivity) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs Specificity
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Sensitivity, Specificity ... and Likelihood ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Sensitivity, Specificity ... → Likelihood Ratio ... Sensitivity & Specificity ... sensitivity and specificity
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Rigors) showed a specificity ... 90.3% and positive likelihood
Point of Care Ultrasound for Appendicitis - Visual Abstract

Can emergency physicians diagnose appendicitis with high specificity
appendicitis with high specificity ... Sensitivity 42.8% Specificity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Likelihood #EBM
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
cutoff values for likelihood ... between sensitivity/specificity ... and likelihood ... #Sensitivity #Specificity