BTR Flashcards
Difference b/w Triad , Triangle and adv epidem triangle
Triad is simple
Triangle has time factor
Adv is elaborative
Incubation period?
Time bw entry of organism and symptom
Case fatality rate is a _________ ?
Misnomer (proportion)
QL of yellow fever
6 days
Elimination dates :
Guinea worms
Leprosy
Yaws
NT
Eradication :
Small pox?
2000
2005
2016
2016
8 may 1980
What kind of surveillance does HIV has?
Sentinel
Virulence of disease
Case fatality rate
Communicability of disease
Secondary attack rate
Serial interval ?
Time btw 1° case and 2° case.
Generation time
Time btw entry of organism and max communicabilty.
Lead time
Time saved by picking up disease earlier from point D (usual time of dx)
To Point B (Pathological changes) by screening.
Case control
Disease to exposure
(Go back in time)
Cohort (P, R)
Prospective(exposure to disease but disease hasn’t happened yet)
Retrospective( exp to disease but both has happened)
Nested case control
Case and control chosen from a defined cohort and then folled for exposure
For rare ds.
Epidemi. Study best for MULTIPLE EXPOSURE?
Case control
Epi study best for OUTCOMES?
Cohort studies
Best for RARE DS.
CASE CONTROL
Best for RARE INVESTIGATION
Nested CASE CONTROL
Incidence study
Cohort
Prevalence study
Cross sectional
Intention to treat
Randomised control trial
Berksonian bias
Hospital based selective bias
Case control Bias
Recall
Selection
Berksonian
Cohort Bias
Attrition
Hawthrone (attention) bias
Odds ratio
A×D
/
B×C
Most Imp HILL’S CRITERIA for causality?
Temporality
Ability of test to correctly identify those WITH the disease
Sensitivity
Ability of test to correctly identify those WITHOUT the disease.
Specificity
True positive rate
True negative rate
Sensitivity
Specificity
Diagnostic power of a screening test
PPV
Confidence Interval
Mean ± 2(SE)
Standard error of MEAN
SD
__________
Root of n
Standard error of proportion
Under root of (pq/n)
Burden of disease
Proportional mortality rate
Indicator for std of treatment
Survival rates
Best air pollution indicator
Sulphur dioxide
Secondary pollutant
Ground level ozone
Best biological air pollution indicator
Lichens
Greenhouse effect maximum Caused by
Water vapor
Soiling index denotes
Smoke
Grit index
Dust
Sling psychrometry
Humidity
Globe thermometre
Radiant heat
Effective temp
Kata thermometre
Cooling power of air
Low velocity
Brightness of source or luminous intensity described by.
Candela
Rate of light emission, also called flux described by.
Lumen
Unit for total light on Surface
(Illuminance)
Lux
Tolerable sound level.
< 90dB
Sewage strength
Bod>300
Cod>500
Presence of suspended solids
Best method for solid waste disposal.
Controlled tipping / SANITARY LANDFILL / Trench method
Talk series by experts with q and A.
Symposium
4 to 8 experts in front of audience with Q and A.
Panel discussion
6-12 people discussing
Focussed group discussion