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Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials

A more complete picture: contrasting the journal version of antidepressant trials with
Antidepressants #SSRIs #Evidence ... #Publication #Bias
Cognitive bias cheat sheet - 
Because thinking is hard.

#Diagnosis #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Types #Causes #Differential #MedEd
Cognitive bias cheat ... Biases #Types #Causes
Common Cognitive Biases 

Confirmation bias - 
To look for or to interpret evidence to support 
prior
Confirmation bias ... or to interpret evidence ... disconfirming evidence ... Availability bias ... Biases #Types #Causes
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... - Differential Algorithm ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes ... #Nausea #Vomiting ... Differential #NonGI #Algorithm
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
limited by quality/bias ... Proves cause-effect ... power) Selection bias ... time Lead-time bias ... but not on the causal
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... months Pre-Renal (Evidence ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... treat for UTI • Evidence ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... Nephrology if cause ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
outbreak: - Case ... # of deaths in cases ... with evidence of ... with evidence of ... - Symptomatic case
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sparing = Central cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Hypercalcemia #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes