Tag Scholarly

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are studying a new rapid flu test’s performance in your ED. Using PCR as a gold standard, you studied 100 kids at the peak… Continue Reading →

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) An investigator wishes to know whether PED patients seen with bloody diarrhea are prescribed antibiotics in the PED are more likely to develop hemolytic uremic… Continue Reading →

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You design a study to compare a new antiviral to treat herpangina to placebo. During the trial, some of the parents stop giving their children… Continue Reading →

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You design a trial comparing two different techniques for draining skin abscesses: standard I&D with packing vs. loop drainage. Your chosen outcome is the proportion… Continue Reading →

You are conducting a study to compare the efficacy of a new bronchodilator against standard albuterol therapy in patients with acute asthma exacerbations. To reduce the possibility of selection bias in your study, the key element in your study design… Continue Reading →

According to the Belmont report, the 3 main ethical principles for conducting research involving human subjects are: A) Beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice B) Respect for persons, beneficence, justice C) Respect for persons, beneficence, nonmaleficence D) Beneficence, justice, informed consent E) Nonmaleficence,… Continue Reading →

In a population of 1,000 people, 100 have a disease. A test is positive in 95 people with the disease and 100 people without the disease. What is the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of this test?