How Clinicians Judge a Test
I was asked this question on Ask a Doctor that How Clinicians Judge a Test. Sensitivity and specificity are characteristics of diagnostic tests. They inform the provider how the test …
Prior probability
Shaping a differential diagnosis is a process of categorizing the probabilities of various diseases associated with the patient history and exam. The probability that a patient has the disease …
Clinical decision making
To make informed, evidence-based decisions, providers need to have an understanding of several statistical concepts. The clinical decision making process begins by assessing information by means of a history …
Absolute risk reduction and How Clinicians know Whether their Treatments Will Work
Measures of association are means of estimating the strength of the relationship between observed outcomes and factors that may produce the outcome. Common measures of association are the odds …
Hydroxyethyl starch
Hydroxyethyl starch also called HES or Hetastarch is a complex mixture of ethoxylated amylopectin of various molecular sizes; average MW 4.5 lac (range 10,000 to 1 million). The colloidal …
Polygeline
Degraded gelatin polymer or Polygeline is a polypeptide with average MW 30,000 which exerts oncotic pressure similar to albumin and is not that antigenic. Hypersensitivity reactions are rare with …
Lovenox
Lovenox is an anticoagulant commonly in use. It is the commercial name for Enoxaparin and is produced by Sanofi-Aventis. Lovenox is used for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis ( DVT) …
Anxiolytic medications
Anxiety is a common symptom that many feel on certain occasions like facing an exam or addressing a speech or even visiting the doctor or getting a procedure being …
Amiodarone
Amiodarone is a complex antiarrhythmic agent (predominantly class III) that shares at least some of the properties of each of the other three Vaughn-Williams classes of antiarrhythmics. Atrial fibrillation …
Amiodarone alternatives
Agents that can be considered as Amiodarone alternatives for the treatment of atrial fibrillation depend upon the patient’s cardiac history, as individuals with reduced left ventricular systolic function are …