Decision making under uncertainty — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Diagnosis of pneumonia is made by _____ and sputum & blood gram stain/culture

Answer: CXR

Flashcard 2: CMV can result in _____-megaly on head CT scans

Answer: ventriculo

Flashcard 3: The diagnosis for diabetes mellitus may be made using _____ which reflects average blood glucose over 3 prior months

Answer: HbA1c

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: In the diagnosis of Tuberculosis, the _____ has fewer false positives from BCG vaccination as opposed to a tuberculin test

Answer: Interferon-y release assay

Flashcard 6: The _____ blot *used to be* the confirmatory test for HIV after a positive ELISA

Answer: Western

Flashcard 7: tuberous sclerosis

Answer:

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Flashcard 8: What is the most common clinical application for an ELISA?

Answer: detection of antibodies in patient blood sample

Flashcard 9: accuracy (diagnostic testing)

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

Flashcard 10: precision (diagnostic testing)

Answer: consistency and reproducibility of a test's results