Biostat
Statistical term for estimation of the probability of disease before testing
Pretest probability.
Acid-base disorder associated with opioid overdose
What is Primary respiratory acidosis?
Most common presentation of bladder cancer
What is Painless hematuria. Accept microscopic or Gross.
Actions of body on a drug.
What is Pharmacokinetics ?
Name for elevated intraocular pressure without damage to the optic nerve
What is Ocular hypertension ?
The inverse of this measure is used to calculate the number needed to treat (NNT)
Absolute risk reduction.
Class of medication shown to decrease urinary calcium and calcium oxalate kidney stone disease
What are thiazide diuretics ?
Recommended adjuvant therapy for stage 1 colon cancer
What is Nothing !! X
Parameter indicating the time required for a serum drug level to fall to 50% of its current value
What is half life.
A chronic sterile inflammation of an oil gland of the eyelid presenting as a firm non-tender bump
What is a Chalazion ?
A negative likelihood ratio of 0.2 decreases the probability of disease by approximately this amount
30%
Condition characterized by recumbent urine sample with a normal protein/creatinine ratio and an upright sample with an elevated ratio
What is orthostatic proteinuria ?
Treatment for limited stage small cell lung cancer following complete response to induction therapy
What is Prophylactic cranial radiation ?
Phenomenon in which the concentration of an orally-administered drug is significantly reduced before reaching the systemic circulation
What is First pass effect?
Name for connective tissue and blood vessels between the conjunctiva and the sclera
What is Episclera ?
Arithmetic operation used to combine 2 likelihood ratios of 2 independent findings for a disease
Patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis typically present with this syndrome
What is nephrotic syndrome?
Treatment approach for locally advanced cervical cancer
What is chemoradiation ? X
Parameter used to estimate the distribution of a drug in the body
What is Volume of distribution ?
Name for bacterial or fungal infection of the globe and vitreous humor
What is Endophthalmitis ?
Case-control study variant that uses a specified number of control patients for analysis of each case
What is nested case control study
Three clinical predictors of progression of IgA nephropathy
What are hypertension, elevated creatinine, persistent proteinuria ?
Class of immunotherapy drugs that disrupt signaling by malignant cells exposing them to attack by the immune system
What are checkpoint inhibitors. (accept immune checkpoint inhibitors or checkpoint inhibition)
Number of dosing half-lives required to achieve 75% of a steady-state serum drug level
What is 2 ? X
An acute vision loss associated with a milky-white retina and a cherry red fovea
What is Central retinal artery occlusion ?