Alcohol withdrawal: effects
"SHIT":
Shakes/ Seizures/ Sweats/ Stomach pains (n/v)
Hallucinosis (auditory)
Increased vitals/ Insomnia
Tremens (delirium tremens-the lethal part)
Suicide: risk factors
SAD PERSONS:
Sex: male
Age: young, elderly
Depression
Previous suicide attempts
Ethanol and other drugs
Reality testing/ Rational thought (loss of)
Social support lacking
Organized suicide plan
No spouse
Sickness/ Stated future intent
Suicide: risk factors in order of risk
SOARS:
*Top 6 risk factors in order of highest to lowest risk:
Serious previous attempt
Older than 45
Alcohol
Rage history
Sex (male)
Accuracy of test: sensitivity vs. specificity
seNsitivity of a test: related to the rate of false Negatives.
sPecificity of a test: related to the rate of false Positives.
*Alternatively written:
seNsitive: No Non-Negatives.
sPecific: Puny Psuedo-Positives.
Audit process
"As She Opened, Colin Inserted Excitedly":
Aim
Setting standards
Observe practice
Compare with standards
Implement change
Evaluate
Error: type I (alpha) vs. type II (beta)
Type I (Alpha) Error:
"There Is An Effect" where in reality there is none.
Hill criteria for causality
" 'Clowns Pursuing Epidemiology' Commonly Behind The Silly Samples":
Consistency
Plausibility
Experimentation
Biological gradient
Coherence
Temporality
Strength of association
Specificity
Incidence vs. prevalence
Incidence: Initiate Infection In Interval.
Prevalence: Population's Percentage Positive.
Informed consent: requirements, exceptions
"Sign this DOC before we can start":
Discussion
Obtain agreement
Coercion-free
*Exceptions to informed consent are WIPE:
Waiver
Incompetent
Privilege (therapeutic privilege)
Emergency
Pi: value to 31 decimal places
"How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics. One is, yes, adequate even enough to produce
some fun and pleasure for an instant, miserably brief":
The number of letters in each subsequent word of these two sentences give the value of pi to 3.141592653589793238462643383279
Poisson: distribution formula
MNEMONIc: M to the Nth power times E to the Minus nth Over N factorial
Formula is: ((m^n) * (e^-n) ) / n!
*Note: the factorial (!) at the end is an inverted lowercase letter i.
Prevention: primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary
Primary: Predisposing factors decreased.
Secondary: Severity decreased.
Tertiary: Therapy, Training.
Recall bias
REcall bias is a problem with
REtrospective studies and is based on ability to
REmember.
Reliability
Random Error
REduces
REliability (REproducibility)S