Screening guidelines — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: With respect to TB, what does a positive PPD indicate?

Answer: current infection, past exposure, BCG vaccinated

Flashcard 2: lead-time bias

Answer: early detection confused with increased survival (e.g. cancer screening)

Flashcard 3: sensitivity (epidemiology)

Answer: The probability that a test detects disease when disease is present.

Extra: Sens = TP/(TP+FN)

Flashcard 4: specificity (test parameter)

Answer: The probability that a test indicates non-disease when disease is absent.

Extra: Spec = TN/(TN+FP)

Flashcard 5: One use of Mammography as a screening tool is to detect invasive carcinoma before it becomes _____

Answer: clinically palpable

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Flashcard 6: What is the diagnostic cutoff for the 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test for a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus? _____

Answer: ≥ 200 mg/dL

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Flashcard 7: One limitation of pap smears is _____ of transformation zone resulting in false negative screening

Answer: inadequate sampling

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Flashcard 8: Which glucose test is the preferred screening method for gestational diabetes / CF-diabetes? _____

Answer: 2 hour oral glucose test

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Flashcard 9: Levels of Prostate Specific Antigen and Digital Rectal Exam are used as screening tools to detect Prostate Carcinoma before it _____

Answer: spreads

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Flashcard 10: What test is used to screen for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria? _____

Answer: Sucrose test

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