Bayesian approach to diagnosis — Flashcards

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A _____ is typically used to diagnose spinal stenosis or other vertebral pathology (ex. osteomyelitis) in patients who cannot undergo MRI

In Legg-Calve-Perthes, will you often observe pathology on the initial x-ray?_____

What laboratory finding has a high sensitivity for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure? _____

Sleep apnea is diagnosed via _____, where a patient sleeps in a monitored setting and a number of related measurements are taken

The _____ blot *used to be* the confirmatory test for HIV after a positive ELISA

tuberous sclerosis

What is the most common clinical application for an ELISA?

accuracy (diagnostic testing)

precision (diagnostic testing)

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What is the next step in diagnosis for a patient with new-onset epigastric pain, nausea, hypotension, bradycardia and T-wave inversions in leads II, III, aVF? _____

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Flashcard 1: A _____ is typically used to diagnose spinal stenosis or other vertebral pathology (ex. osteomyelitis) in patients who cannot undergo MRI

Answer: CT Myelogram

Flashcard 2: In Legg-Calve-Perthes, will you often observe pathology on the initial x-ray?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 3: What laboratory finding has a high sensitivity for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure? _____

Answer: Elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels

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Flashcard 4: Sleep apnea is diagnosed via _____, where a patient sleeps in a monitored setting and a number of related measurements are taken

Answer: polysomnography

Flashcard 5: The _____ blot used to be the confirmatory test for HIV after a positive ELISA

Answer: Western

Flashcard 6: tuberous sclerosis

Answer:

Extra: cutaneous angiofibromas (adenoma sebaceum), hypopigmented "ash leaf" spots, seizures, mental retardation, cortical and retinal hamartomas, renal cysts and angiomyolipomas, cardiac rhabdomyomas, astrocytomas AD, but incomplete penetrance and variable expressivityTSC1/TSC2

Flashcard 7: What is the most common clinical application for an ELISA?

Answer: detection of antibodies in patient blood sample

Flashcard 8: accuracy (diagnostic testing)

Answer: the "trueness" of a test's results

Flashcard 9: precision (diagnostic testing)

Answer: consistency and reproducibility of a test's results

Flashcard 10: What is the next step in diagnosis for a patient with new-onset epigastric pain, nausea, hypotension, bradycardia and T-wave inversions in leads II, III, aVF? _____

Answer: Right-sided precordial ECG

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