Database that contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed
What is LactMed?
The probability that a positive results measured by an instrument represents an actual and true positive case
What is positive predictive value (PPV)?
The term for normally distributed data which influences the statistical tests able to be used in a given study.
What is parametric data?
Treatment of cytomegalovirus based on laboratory values although a patient may not present with signs or symptoms of disease
What is pre-emptive treatment?
Performance improvement tool that is a focused effort to evaluate medication use processes or medication treatment response with the goal of optimal patient outcomes
What is a medication use evaluation (MUE)?
A compendium of critical care trials and reviews that expands upon articles via livestreams, podcasts, publishing books, and publishing visual abstracts to simplify the impressions and methods of trials.
What is Critical Care Reviews?
The probability that a disease-free individual will have a negative result and it is a true negative rate of the screening test
What is specificity?
Quantitative, statistical synthesis that yields a single best estimate of the treatment effect
What is a meta-analysis?
Giving a dose of vancomycin then waiting for about 24 hours, drawing a level, and re-dosing if the level is < 15 mcg/mL
What is pulse or PRN vancomycin dosing?
Measure of association that quantifies ratio of incidence
What is relative risk?
This database and written drug reference provides drug monograph information, specifically regarding stability, compatibility, and safety of select drugs
What is Trissel's Handbook of Injectable Drugs?
Describes the strength of an association between two variables, denoted by a single statistic
What is correlation?
Refers to how much results of each individual trial are compatible with results of any other trials included in a meta-analysis
What is homogeneity?
20 mcg/mL
What is the increase in vancomycin level after a 15 mg/kg dose?
This study suggested that switching to oral antibiotics is acceptable for stable patients with endocarditis.
What is the POET Trial?
An online vocabulary system consisting of a hierarchy of terms, starting with a broad topic and branching to more specific ones
What are Medical Subject Headings (MeSH terms)?
Describes the average value of y (response) as a function of changing x (predictor) and helps identify how variables affect each other
What is regression?
Graphical display of estimated results from a number of scientific studies addressing the same question, including overall results
What is a forest plot?
A test used on newly positive blood cultures to provide organism identification and genetic markers of resistance within 2 hours of culture positivity.
What is the BioFire Filmarray Blood Culture Identification panel (BCID)?
Measure of association between exposure and an outcome for retrospective studies
What is odds ratio?
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This study established that lenient rate control was noninferior to strict rate control in patients with AFib.
What is the RACE II Trial?
Tells you have much change in your dependent variable can be predicted by a change in your independent variable
What is r2 (coefficient of determination)?
Likelihood of a study being published based on the findings of the study
What is publication bias?
A reason to change a person from vancomycin to nafcillin
What is a culture result of MSSA?
Describes the extent to which a cause and effect relationship established in a study cannot be explained by other factors
What is internal validity?