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Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... tests: • FIT: ... for CRC, Poor sensitivity ... Cancer #colon #Screening ... #table #management
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Colorectal Cancer Screening ... for CRC, Poor sensitivity ... Cancer #colon #Screening ... #comparison #table
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Negative Contingency Table ... confusion matrix Sensitivity ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Contingency #Table
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
diseased by the screening ... Specificity is the ... scores on the screening ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table
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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
and first-level screening ... test - High sensitivity ... and specificity ... and specificity ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test ... Characteristics Sensitivity ... , Specificity and ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Chronic Hep B - How to screen for HCC
-q6 months ultrasounds
-Use of AFP has been found
lack adequate sensitvity ... nad specificity ... AASLD diagnostic algorithm ... #LiverNodule #Screening ... #Algorithm #AASLD
The test characteristics of the heterophile antibody (AKA the monospot test) are not perfect and can
The test characteristics ... AKA the monospot test ... a result, the CDC ... Serologies #Titers #Sensitivity ... #Specificity
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
respectively Screening ... testing has higher specificity ... but lower sensitivity ... Screening Tests ... Screening Tests
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
reasonable-appearing sensitivity ... or specificity ... or sensitivity ... #Classification ... #Specificity #Graph