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OPC Meta-Analysis
KYCOM Block 3
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Medical
Graduate
10/30/2012

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what questions should we ask when evaluating a systematic review or meta analysis
Definition
is a clear question identified, were relivent studies skipped over, what was the criteria to select the studies, were the studies chosen appriorate, were the results similar between studies, did the studies valid to the question they asked
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what is sensitivity
Definition
proportion of people with a disease with a positive test result
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what is specificity
Definition
proportion of people without a disease with a negative test result
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how do you calculate sensitivity
Definition
disease patient with positive result / (disease patient with positive result + disease patient with negative result)
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how do you calculate specificity
Definition
well patient with negative result / (well patient with negative result + well patient with positive result)
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in a uriscreen test for UTI if the sensitivity is 100% what does that mean
Definition
all people with UTI tested positive
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in a urine screen test for UTI if the specificity is 68% what does that mean
Definition
3% of people tested false positive
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if there is a high sensitivity and a negative result what does that mean for the test result
Definition
rule it out
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in a test for UTI the sensitivity is 27% what does that mean
Definition
73% got a false negative
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in a test for UTI the specificity is 94% what does that mean
Definition
6% got a false positive
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if there is high specificity and a positive test result what does that mean about the result
Definition
rule it out
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what can cause variance of positive perdictive value and negative perdictive value
Definition
changing prevlence of the disease
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