Professional Practice III

Calculi- gall bladder, kidney, appendix

Bowel obstruction- small and large bowel

Free intraperitoneal air (perforation of GIT)

Lacerations of organs- oesophagus, kidney

High value in sensitivity is desirable for ruling in disease (low false-positive rate)

High value in specificity is desirable for ruling out disease (low false- negative rate)

Positive predictive value is the probability that person actually has the disease given a positive test result.

Negative predictive value is the probability that person is actually disease-free although given a positive test result.

IOC delegates accomodated at luxury hotel at the expense of local government bidding for Olympics

Real estate agent tells young couple that the house they are inspecting (to buy) is a great deal, and that they better act quickly

Male medical student receives free pen from very attractive female drug rep

Vascular surgeon writes a job reference for his female registrar (who is also his current sexual partner)

Melanoma

Kwashiorkor

Vitamin D3 deficiency

Albinism

Blind studies

Placebo responses

Crossover studies

Specific selection criteria

Staphylococcus aureus

Clostridia botilinum

Klebsiella

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vaccination is a secondary disease prevention

Having Pap Smear and rectal examination are the primary disease prevention

Tertiary prevention is to reduce disability from the disease.like exogenous insulin for diabetes

Reporting infectious disease in workplace is the main prevention of disease

Fatty liver- alcoholism

String sign on x-ray- Crohn's disease

Waxy casts- Acute pyelonephritis

Mallory-Weiss syndrome- Oesophagogastric lacerations