Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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diagnosis accuracy acth adrenal ami antibiotic betadglucan cdiff clostridium difficile effusions endocrinology falsepositives fungal galactomannan helicobacter hpylori hypercalcemia hyponatremia insufficiency
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... and specificity ... amplification test ... #Tuberculosis #Laboratory ... #Testing #diagnosis
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) - WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP #Mesenteric
Performance of Laboratory ... Tests (Sensitivity ... , Specificity) ... Ischemia #AMI #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Helicobacter Pylori Testing Methods - Sensitivity and Specificity Serology - 85% - 79% - Does not
Methods - Sensitivity ... and Specificity ... Urea breath test ... first line test ... #Laboratory #Diagnosis
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
value of 0.0115, sensitivity ... for correct classification ... ) was 0.80 and specificity ... Thus, further testing ... Hypercalcemia #Workup #Differential
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... have almost 100% specificity ... for AI (but low sensitivity ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Step 3) Differentiate
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity • Toxigenic culture
Summary of Available Tests ... amplification tests ... difficile #CDiff #laboratory ... #diagnosis #testing ... #sensitvity #specificity
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing ... Sensitivity Specificity ... the use of this test ... in BAL does not differentiate ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
A lazy man's classification ... essentially the same tests ... cerebral salt wasting ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm ... #Differential #
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Methods 1) Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion: disks impregnanted w/ Abx → circular gradient →
Susceptibility Testing ... Gradient diffusion (E test ... concentrations + algorithms ... #Antibiotic #Sensitivity ... #laboratory #microbiology
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