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Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ACS ... LikelihoodRatios #LR ... #Typical #Atypical
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
Extremity DVT - Likelihood ... - Tenderness - NS ... Palpable cord - NS ... Homans sign - NS ... #Lower #DVT #Likelihood
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood ... Central obesity LR ... +NS Ecchymoses ... striae LR NS Edema ... Cushings #Syndrome #Likelihood
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood ... Source: Fanaroff AC ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ACS ... LikelihoodRatios #LR ... #Typical #Atypical
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Evaluation Algorithm ... Algorithm that ... to identifying ACS ... #ChestPain #ACS
Ice-pack Test for Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood Ratio (LR) +24 / -0.16
Ice pack's can be used
Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood ... Ratio (LR) +24 ... effectively increasing ACh
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
- An Official ATS ... should be used as ... there is a low likelihood ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
imaging → Test for APS ... No other workup typically ... Inherited and APS ... Inherited and APS ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
infiltrates of MC (2 15 MCs ... • >25% of all MCs ... are atypical on ... codon 816 • MCs ... hemepath #pathology #algorithm
POUND Mnemonic for Diagnosis of Migraine Headache

P - Pulsating quality - Throbbing or pulsatile rhythmic pain,
of migraines, typically ... Typically affecting ... Diagnostic Likelihood ... ≤2 features - LR ... 3 features - LR