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Diagnostic Medicine Midterm Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Diagnostic Medicine
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- Johns Hopkins University
Diagnostic Medicine Midterm Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Diagnostic Medicine MidtermQuestions And Answers Latest
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Which of the following is NOT a risk factor.
Age
Life style
Ethinicity
Eye color? ANS✔✔ Eye color
Age, recreational drug use, and infections are examples of:
Patient outcomes
Patient risk factors
Environmental interferences Intratest variability factors? ANS✔✔ Pateint
risk factors
The objective measurements concerning a patient's condition are known as
patient symptoms
True or false? ANS✔✔ False
A sign that is predictive of disease is:
Prognostic
Anamnestic
,Diagnostic
Pathogenic? ANS✔✔ Prognostic
The study of the scientific nature of disease is:
Pathogenisis
Pathology
Physiology
Homeostasis? ANS✔✔ Pathology
Acute and chronic are terms related to
Pathology of disease
Risk factors
Disease etiology
Disease pathogenisis? ANS✔✔ Disease pathogenisis
Normal ranges for diagnostic tests can vary from lab to lab
True or false? ANS✔✔ True
Which of the following statements regarding reference ranges is TRUE?
Reference ranges are universally applied between laboratories and testing
facilities
A normal test result is a definite indicator of good health
An abnormal test result does NOT always mean that a person is sick
It is good practice to compare test results to reference ranges from text books?
ANS✔✔ An abnormal test result does NOT always mean that a person is sick
, Tests where higher costs are justified based on the type of disease or
population being tested are typically classified as:
Diagnostic
Screening
Differential
Treatment? ANS✔✔ Diagnostic
Tests on blood, urine, or body fluids are best classified as:
Medical imaging studies Biochemical studies
Special organ studies
Biopsies? ANS✔✔ Biochemical studies
Interviewing a patient regarding the personal and family medical history falls
into the category of:
Pre-test interventions
Intra-test interventions
Medical interventions
Clinical implications? ANS✔✔ Pre-test interventions
The subjective opbservations by patient regarding their condition are known as
symptoms.
True or false? ANS✔✔ True
The rate at which deaths occur in a given population is defined as:
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