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With the recent publication of the FDA Guidance on alcohol-based hand sanitizer compounding, I thought to
hand sanitizer compounding ... also encouraging pharmacists ... #Coronavirus #Compounding
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Important Biostatistics ... = Rule IN #Biostatistics
Smoking Cessation: the 5 A's and 5 R's. Very useful tool for clinicians, including pharmacists to
clinicians, including pharmacists
TYPE I & TYPE II ERRORS 

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY = SNOUT & SPIN 
Sensitive Tests that
Type2 #Errors #Biostatistics
An Overview on P-Values

"The widespread use of "statistical significance" (generally interpreted as "p <= 0.05") as
#PValues #BioStatistics
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
ConfusionMatrix #Biostatistics
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
expanding area for pharmacists ... intervention for pharmacists
Likelihood Ratios - Probability
Remember 2/5/10 and 15/30/45:
 • LR of 2 increases the probability by 15%
LRs #diagnosis #biostatistics
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics ... Issues with confounding ... increased survival Confounding ... #Epidemiology #Biostatistics
Magic Mouthwash Ingredients for Mucositis
Magic Mouthwash Recipe 1 (Disp: 480 ml)
 • 80 ml viscous lidocaine
#pharmacology #compounding