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Point of Care Ultrasound for Appendicitis - Visual Abstract

Can emergency physicians diagnose appendicitis with high specificity
appendicitis with high specificity ... Sensitivity 42.8% Specificity ... VisualAbstract #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Likelihood #EBM
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Sensitivity, Specificity ... and Likelihood ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
(Sensitivity, Specificity ... LRINEC #Testing #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
POCUS is more accurate ... has a negative likelihood ... Abscess #POCUS #Accuracy ... LikelihoodRatios #Accuracy ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy of Physical Examination, Imaging, and LRINEC ScoreA Systematic Review and
Infection: Diagnostic Accuracy ... #Diagnosis #EBM ... Testing #CT #LRINEC #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Symptoms #Signs #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
Accuracy of abdominal ... of 93.8% and a specificity ... sensitivity of 94.3% and specificity ... POCUS #Diagnosis #Accuracy ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
pubmed/29663580 #EBM ... Hydronephrosis #Comparison #Accuracy ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
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
Fernando SM et al. Prognostic Accuracy of the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment for Mortality in
Prognostic Accuracy ... pubmed/29404582 #EBM ... #Sensitivity #Specificity