Scenario Search Flashcards
1
Q
What types of questions do you ask when searching for answers?
A
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Harm/Etiology
2
Q
What types of answer do you look for?
A
Diagnosis - prospective, blinded gold standard
Prognosis - cohort study, case control, case series
Treatment - RCT, cohort study
Harm/Etiology - cohort, case control, case series
3
Q
When looking at answers for diagnosis what should you look for?
A
Dianostic accuracy
Likelihood ratio
sensitivity
Specificity
4
Q
When looking at answers for prognosis what should you look for?
A
Long term vs short term outcomes
5
Q
When looking at answers for treatment what should you look for?
A
blinding efficacy vs effectiveness Causation NNT ARR RRR
6
Q
When looking at answer for harm/etiology what should you look for?
A
Lots of people and time opportunity for adverse events high Correlation Odds ratio Risk ratio
