3/15 Reading Flashcards
formula for number needed to treat
1/ARR where ARR is control event rate minus experimental event rate
formula for number needed to harm
1/Experimental event rate- control event rate
formula for relative risk? what type of study is it used in?
cohort…RR= risk in one group/risk of all other groups
how to calculate odds ratio? what is it used in?
case control studies…odds ratio = (a/b)/(c/d)
what is berkson bias?
only using hospitalized patients
what is hawthorne effect?
when participants know they are being watched
what is a type i error?
accidentally get a false positive result when really there is no relationship or null value is true
what is a type II error?
say theres no association when really there is
rx for hoarding disorder?
CBT
how does P vera cause abdominal pain?
can lead to budd chiari syndrome
what is imaging for bud chiari?
US
what is budd chiari?
hepatic vein thrombosis
sx of budd chiari?
abdominal pain, hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin
what level of spine often gets facet dislocations?
cervical
what are symptoms of facet dislocations?
leads to radiculopathy of corresponding nerve root
if neonate has central cyanosis what are two possible causes?
cardiac or pulm issues
how od you tell if neonate has cardiac or pulm problem causing cyanosis?
if responds to O2 then pulm issue, if doesnt respond then cardiac
if there is concern for fetal growth restriction, what test should be done?
umbilical artery US
patient with T1DM is doing intense exercise training, what should be done to insulin regimen?
decrease basal and bolus levels
how do girls present with CAH?
virilization and salt wasting as an infant
if patient has normal external genitalia female and early onset of secondary sex characteristics, what might be the cause?
early adrenarche…especially if patient is obese
what are signs/sx of mccune albright syndrome?
peripheral precocious puberty, cafe au lait macules and bone dysplasia
3 features of blackfann anemia
macrocytic anemia
craniofacial anomalies
triphalangeal thumbs
what meds for tardive dyskinesia?
deutetrabenazine