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◉Pretest probability is. Answer: the probability that the patient has
the disease before the result is known
◉Tacit knowledge is. Answer: Knowledge possessed without
conscious awareness
◉Every patient you have seen today has sinusitis. Your next patient
is a 25 year old male with nasal congestion. You say to yourself, "just
another sinusitis" and ask questions to get that diagnosis. You have
just performed:. Answer: backward reasoning
◉The likelihood that the patient has the disease before the test
results is best described by the term:. Answer: pre-test probability
◉When reviewing sensitivity, you realize that gives you:. Answer:
Information that there is the likelihood that a patient with a disease
will be positive.
, ◉Explicit knowledge involves the use of all of the following except:
disease states, algorithms, associated symptoms, previous
experience.. Answer: Previous experience
◉You are about to order a GXT for your patient with chest pain. You
remember that this has a sensitivity of:. Answer: 65%
◉Sensitivity is. Answer: Those who have the disease will have an
abnormal (positive) result
◉Specificity is. Answer: Those who do not have the disease will have
a normal (negative) result
◉As you are reviewing a male patient's routine CBC, you read: HBG
11.2, HCT 35%, MCV 72, MCH 25. Based on this, how would this
anemia be classified?
Normocytic normochromic
Microcytic hypochromic
Macrocytic hypochromic
Microcytic normocrhomic. Answer: Microcytic hypochromic
◉A 17-year-old high school senior presents to your clinic in acute
respiratory distress. Between shallow breaths, he states that he was
at home finishing his homework when he suddenly began having