Eped_Fina Flashcards
What is clinical diagnosis?
Focuses on the individual. Pull individs out of normal environment. The chair
What is epidemiology?
Focuses on groups of people.
What is clinical epidemiology?
A hybrid of clinical diagnosis and epidemiology.
You are studying groups of people to gather evidence to help make clnical decisions.
What must doctors deal with in the clinical decision making process:
Uncertainty.
What helps lower the levels of uncertainty?
Incidence and prevalence.
Risk Factors
What are the two main points of conditional probability?
- Prior probability of Disease.
2. Probability of a test result
What is the definition of cond prob?
Prevalence information can be used to estimate the pre-test odds of a pt having a particular condition or disease.
What are the 4 things needed to practice Evidence Based medicine?
- Clinical experience
- Knowledge of pathophysiology
- Patient preferences
- Outcomes of latest clinical research.
What can epidemiology improve?
- Knowledge of Disease distribution
- Ability to assess ino obtained in clinical testing
- Measurement of Trt Effectiveness
What came out of the Ocular HTN Trt Study?
Treating ocular hypertension can delay or prevent the onset of POAG.
What came out of the Age Related Eye Disease Study?
Found that high levels of antioxidants and zinc can reduce the risk of developing ARMD.
What came out of the Amblyopia Trt Study?
Found that atropine therapy works as well as traditional patching therapy for trt of amblyopia.
What came out of Eartly Trt Diabetic Ret Study?
- Aspirin had no effect on prog of retinopathy
- Focal trt for mac edema reduced the risk of vision loss.
- Small reduction in severe vision loss using scatter trt in NIDDM.
