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Testing for Diabetes Type II
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Hemoglobin A1c test
 - Random blood sugar test
 - Fasting
Testing for Diabetes ... Type II - Hemoglobin ... #Type2 #Prediabetes ... #Classification ... #Testing #A1c #
TYPE I & TYPE II ERRORS 

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY = SNOUT & SPIN 
Sensitive Tests that
TYPE I & TYPE II ... ERRORS SENSITIVITY ... SPIN Sensitive Tests ... Disease Specific Tests ... #TypeII #Type1
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
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test ... Characteristics Sensitivity ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
- High sensitivity ... Widely variable sensitivity ... antibodies - Sensitivity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... categorize by type ... diarrhea before testing ... reduce unnecessary testing ... pick specific tests
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Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Types
Type 1 - Chronic atrophic gastritis and pernicious anaemia
Type 2 - Zollinger
Type 1 - Chronic ... pernicious anaemia Type ... Neoplasia (MEN)-1 Type ... #Classification ... oncology #comparison #table
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing ... #Tests #Sensitivity
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... ADA - Very high sensitivity ... - Increase in sensitivity ... amplification test ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing
Iron Deficiency Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic Disease - Laboratory Testing

SUMMARY:
 - RDW, FEP, serum iron,
Disease - Laboratory Testing ... normal but poor sensitivity ... Ferritin-best non-invasive test ... Disease #Laboratory #Testing ... #Comparison #Table