11 results
Hunter's Decision Rule (Sensitivity 84%, Specificity 97%), Sternbach's criteria - Need 3 of 10 symptoms: (Sensitivity
84%, Specificity ... 75%, specificity ... 96%) #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Serotonin ... Syndrome #Hunters #Algorithm
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... risk #score #PE #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #PulmonaryEmbolism
Evidence supports the Ottawa ankle rules as an accurate instrument for excluding fractures of the ankle
instrument has a sensitivity ... 100% and a modest specificity ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #Ortho #Sports
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
Heart Rate 2. ... Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... Hypotension #Approach #Algorithm
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumocystis pneumonia (late ... > 1.5) with a sensitivity ... and specificity ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... Assists in liver specificity ... synthesis rises later
Chronic Hep B - How to screen for HCC
-q6 months ultrasounds
-Use of AFP has been found
lack adequate sensitvity ... nad specificity ... follow the AASLD diagnostic ... algorithm: #Diagnosis ... Management #HepB #HepatitisB
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
This is an algorithm ... pubmed/27382134 Sensitivity ... and specificity ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... #EBM #Management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
sedimentation rate ... testing has higher specificity ... test but lower sensitivity ... IgM) levels • Hepatitis ... (to support a diagnosis
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
Pathophysiology: ... Diagnosis and Context ... It's typically a late ... important in the diagnostic ... #cullensign #em