Drug References
Stats
Literature Evaluation
Antimicrobial Stewardship/Vanc
Blast to the Past
100

Database that contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed

What is LactMed?

100

The probability that a positive results measured by an instrument represents an actual and true positive case

What is positive predictive value (PPV)?

100

Minimum set of items for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses

What is PRISMA?

100

A dose of ondansetron in the last 24 hours

What is one of the exclusion criteria for automatic IV to PO conversion?

100

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)?

200

Provides information on diagnosis, cause, frequency, clinical patterns, and management of livery injury attributable to prescription and nonprescription medications (and herbal and dietary supplements)

What is LiverTox?

200

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?

200

Quantitative, statistical synthesis that yields a single best estimate of the treatment effect

What is a meta-analysis?

200

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?

200

Measure of association that quantifies ratio of incidence

What is relative risk?

300

Database provided by the National Library of Medicine and NIH containing information on prescription and non-prescription drugs (human and animal), medical devices, and gases

What is DailyMed?

300

Describes the strength of an association between two variables, denoted by a single statistic

What is correlation?

300

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?

300

20 mcg/mL

What is the increase in vancomycin level after a 15 mg/kg dose?

300

Outcomes that illuminate the etiology, prevalence, and pathophysiology of diseases

What is disease-oriented evidence (DOE)?

400

Strength and quality of evidence, patient preference, cost-effectiveness, convenience, side effects

What are considerations for using guidelines in clinical practice?

400

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?

400

Graphical display of estimated results from a number of scientific studies addressing the same question, including overall results

What is a forest plot?

400

The peak level reached when giving a loading dose of 20 mg/kg to a 100 kg patient

What is 26.6 mcg/mL? (26-27)

400

Measure of association between exposure and an outcome for retrospective studies

What is odds ratio?

500

Observed early vasopressin demonstrated catecholamine-sparing effect in septic shock but was not associated with difference in mortality

What is the VANISH trial?

500

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)?

500

Likelihood of a study being published based on the findings of the study

What is publication bias?

500

A reason to change a person from vancomycin to nafcillin

What is a culture result of MSSA?

500

Describes the extent to which a cause and effect relationship established in a study cannot be explained by other factors

What is internal validity?

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