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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. This finding was not significantly different among operators with different levels of experience, or between adults and children. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections.

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Episode 24 - First Trimester Pregnancy Emergencies: Recognition and Management

EB Medicine

Jeff: Perhaps most importantly, no history or physical alone can rule in or out an ectopic pregnancy, for that you’ll need testing and imaging or operative findings. Jeff: Up first is the urine pregnancy test. Nachi: And that’s a perfect segue into our next section - diagnostic studies. Gadolinium should always be avoided.