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What is Tertiary Resources?
This is one of the highest forms of medical literature.
What is systematic reviews/ meta-analysis?
Percentage of negative results in people without the tested disease.
What is Specificity?
LDL-C=TC-HDL- (TG/5)
What is Friedewald Equation?
CL- >106mEq/L
What is hyperchloremia?
PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library.
What is Secondary Resources?
The most trustworthy study to evaluate if a drug is safe and effective.
What is a randomized control trial?
Normal Lab range for Scr.
Either one is correct response
What is 0.6-1.2 mg/dL (Donnelly)?
What is 0.7 - 1.5 mg/dL (Tang)?
Fasting Plasma Glucose, Random Plasma Glucose, Postprandial Glucose, HgbA1c.
What is Diabetes Diagnosis Labs?
Hgb/Hct/RBC (Low)
MCV (Low)
Other tests Ferritin (decrease)
What is Fe deficiency?
Lag time between publications or updates of material.
What are limitations of Tertiary Resources?
A report about an individual patient.
What is a case report study?
(140-age)x(wt in Kg)
------------------------- x 0.85
Scr x 72
What is Crcl for female?
The 4 normal lipid panel values [must provide all 4].
What is TC < 200mg/dL, LDL < 100mg/dL, HDL > 60mg/dL, TG < 150mg/dL?
ANC> 12,000cells/mm3
What is Neutrophilia?
Resource to search up a herbal product.
The study that evaluates RARE outcomes or outcomes with long latency.
What is a case-control study?
50kg + 2.3kg [for every inch over five feet]
What is the IBW for males?
Water-soluble proteins that are measured directly from blood.
What is Direct Bilirubin Count?
WBC normal range.
Either is correct.
What is 4.4-11.3 x 103 cells/mm3? (Tang)
What is 4.5-11 x 103 cells/mm3 ? (Donnelly)
Tertiary, Secondary, Primary.
What is types of resources?
The study that looks at the history of patients via chart reviews.
What is a retrospective cohort study?
Ratio suggestive of pre-renal causes.
What is BUN:Scr > 20:1?
My labs are low T4 and T3 and high TSH.
What is hypothyroidism?
Clinical relevance of Lymphocytes.
What is increase in viral infection or decrease in immunodeficiency?