THE GOLD STANDARD

The Disease Temporal Arteritis Rickets Iron Deficiency Anemia Osteoporosis Acoustic Neuroma Hypercortisolism Pulmonary Embolism Aortic Dissection Ureteric Stone Sputum Coronary Artery Disease Pelvic Inflam. Disease Urinary Incontinence Cerebral Hemorrhage Deep Vein Thrombosis DIC Celiac Disease Intestinal Ischemia Sjogrens Syndrome Bronchial Asthma Bronchiactesis Osteomyelitis Diabetes Mellitus Pulmonary Tuberculosis COPD Primary Investigation ESR Blood Chemistry Serum Ferritin Bone Densitometry Audiometry Serum Cortisol V/Q Scan CT Scan X Ray KUB Cytology ECG Ultrasound Ultrasound CT Scan D-dimers D-dimers Anti gliadin antibody Clinical Exam. Clinical Exam. Spirometery Chest X Ray Plain X-Ray Blood Glucose X-Ray Chest Peakflowmetry The Gold Standard Temporal Artery Biopsy Bone Biopsy Bone Marrow Biopsy Dual Energy X-Ray Absorbtiometry MRI with Gadolinium Dexamethasone Suppression Test Pulmonary Angiogram Magnetic Resonance Angiogram Helical CT Scan Bronchoscopy with Biopsy Coronary Angiography Laparoscopy Multi Channel Urodynamics Magnetic Resonance Angiography Venography Fibrin Degrading Products Jejunal Biopsy CT Angiography Salivary Gland Biopsy Spirometery Thoracic CT Scan MRI OGTT Culture FEV1/FVC

"Gold standard" refers to a disease diagnosing criteria by which scientific evidence is evaluated. An ideal "Gold Standard" test has a 100% Sensitivity and Specificity. In practice there are sometimes no true "gold standard" tests. Compiled by; Dr. Shakeel Ahmed