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Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Positive ... False-Negative Contingency ... confusion matrix Sensitivity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
The test characteristics of the heterophile antibody (AKA the monospot test) are not perfect and can
can lead to both false ... positive and false ... Serologies #Titers #Sensitivity
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
and pneumocystis False ... other fungi • False ... Characteristics #Sensitivity
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
that Can Cause False ... Amphetamine false ... Cannabinoid false ... Benzodiazepine false ... Barbiturates false
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
False Positive Lung ... Point on POCUS ... UAlberta_Sono #False ... #LungPoint #POCUS
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
POCUS Stewardship ... Spectrum of Disease → Sensitivity ... indication for POCUS ... Step 4: Sensitivity ... to known scan sensitivity
POCUS for diagnosing the source of Sepsis - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of using point-of-care
POCUS for diagnosing ... point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS ... - POCUS: Sensitivity ... Clinical Standard: Sensitivity ... sepsis #source #POCUS
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... in HbA1c == False ... Transfusions == False ... Transfusions #False
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
ultrasound in trauma False ... hemorrhagic #clinical #pocus
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 and False ... BAL samples • False ... invasive dz • Sensitivity ... mold-active AF • False