Initial Test , Accurate Test Flashcards
Gout initial test
Joint aspiration
Gout most accurate test
Polarized Light examination of the fluid will show negatively birefringent needles
Ankylosis spondylitis
Initial test
X-ray spine and sacroiliac joints
AS
Best test accurate
MRI of sacroiliac joints
OA initial test
X-ray of joint
ACS initial test
EKG
ACS most accurate test
Cardiac enzymes
Ck -mb an d troponins
Aortic dissection
Initial test
Chest X-ray
Aortic dissection
Most accurate test
CT angiography
AAA
Initial test
Abdominal ultrasound
AAA
Most accurate test
CT with contrast
Pneumonia
Initial test
Chest X-ray
Pneumonia
Most accurate test
Sputum gram stain and culture
PE
Initial test
Clinical
C X-ray
ECG
PE
Most accurate
CT angiogram
Celtic disease
1) initial test
2) most accurate test
3) additional test
1) serum anti-tTGA with concomitant IgA
2) small bowel biopsy
3) Cat enterography to rule out lymphoma
Endometrial cancer investigations
Endometrial sampling w/wo Pelvic ultrasound
