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Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... Step 1) Screening Test ... have almost 100% specificity ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
sensitivity or specificity ... despite having a specificity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Graph
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ) stimulation test ... High baseline ACTH ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm ... then go to stim testing ... Standard Stim test ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Test #Endocrinology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
 • ACTH stimulation test - Synthetic ACTH does not stimulate cortisol secretion because
stimulation test ... - Serum tests that ... stimulation test ... laboratory #diagnosis #testing ... endocrinology #workup
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Used Diagnostic Tests ... sensitivity and specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
Diagnostic algorithm ... for the workup ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... Thus, further testing ... #Differential #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... liver function test ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Algorithm
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... - CCP antibody testing ... has higher specificity ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup ... #diagnosis #testing
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
boundaries to work ... between sensitivity/specificity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Relationship #Graph