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Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
Selective Publication ... trials with the FDA ... Antidepressants #SSRIs ... #Publication #Bias ... #Comparison #FDA
Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
Selective Publication ... trials with the FDA ... Antidepressants #SSRIs ... #Publication #Bias ... #Comparison #FDA
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
limited by quality/bias ... increase power) Selection ... bias: nonrandom ... recall Late-look bias ... time Lead-time bias
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
progress to severe disease ... develop severe disease ... rash • Others: nausea ... hemorrhage • ARDS ... Leptospirosis #Biphasic #Phases
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... GAS in 30% of cases ... kidneys, liver, lung/ARDS ... BIDMC Infectious Diseases
Characteristics, treatment, outcomes and cause of death of invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 ARDS in Milan,
, outcomes and cause ... 219237669501925/ Case ... Hypertension, rapid disease ... patients: selection ... bias?
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
- Cystinuria, Defective ... recessive genetic disease ... herpes virus or HIV/AIDS ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
tissue at the nail base ... Local causes include ... Systemic causes ... the nail plate caused ... by defective layering
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
vast majority of cases ... Hypophosphatasia -> Defective ... Pseudogout #CPPD #Disease
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
: • 1400 new cases ... • 75-90% of cases ... extensors of the arms ... Abnormal in 50% of cases ... • Infectious causes