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What is evidence based medicine? - Correct Answer-Evidence-based medicine is the use of mathematical estimates of the risk of benefit and harm, derived from high-quality research on population samples, to inform clinical decision-making in the diagnosis, investigation or management of individual patients Advantages of decision-making by anecdote - Correct Answer-Gain knowledge about individual patients' concept of what it means to be ill; shown to be how interns acquire skills; typical forma...

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EBM Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 True or False: Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) places the observations of individual clinicians at the lowest level of hierarchy? True False - ANSWER-True When looking at therapy or harm, which of the following best defines the acronym PICO? (Choose 4) Population Intervention Comparison Prognosis Outcome - ANSWER-P, I, C, O PICO - ANSWER-Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome A statistical technique for quantitatively combining...

EBM Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Cohort - ANSWER-a group of people having something in common when there are first assembled and then followed over time for the development of outcome events cohort studies - ANSWER-incidence studies sample of people are FREE of the outcome and then are followed and observed over time to see whether an outcome event occurs (if no outcome, it doesn't necessarily mean they are free of disease) cumulative incidence - ANSWER-new cases are ac...

biomimicry Correct Answer-match natural subject as closely as possible; mimic nature bio-inspiration Correct Answer-leverage materials, methods, or other cues from nature and apply them towards analogous functions to enhance as an engineered system What are the 3 components of a mimetic ECM? Correct Answer-fibronectin, proteoglycan, laminin Why is the ECM important (what is its function)? Correct Answer-Forms the structure/scaffold of the cell. Interactive environment that allows commun...

What is the difference in threshold between muscle and nerve fibers? Correct Answer-The nerve fiber has a lower threshold for activation than muscle fibers What is the relationship between the length of a tendon and its compliance? Correct Answer-Longer tendons means it has more compliance Are nerves myelinated? Correct Answer-Yes Are muscles myelinated? Correct Answer-No they aren't What is curare? How does it work? Correct Answer--A drug that if taken can produce paralysis by inte...

A common theme among most types of cancer cells is that they Hint: There may be more than one correct answer! You should select all the correct answers. a. are highly proliferative b. are highly apoptotic c. are invasive and metastatic d. are insensitive to anti-growth signals e. lack nucleus f. Develop their own rapidly growing vasculature Correct Answer-a. are highly proliferative c. are invasive and metastatic d. are insensitive to anti-growth signals f. Develop their own rapidl...

What are some examples of natural polymers in each class? Correct Answer-Polyolefins-rubber Polyamides- proteins peptides like wool or silk Polyesters- nucleic acids Polyethers/polysaccharid Startch, cellulose, and chitosan What are some examples of semi-synthetic polymers Correct Answer-chitosan/polyacrylates cellulose acetate reyon What are some examples of synthetic polymers Correct Answer-Polyolephins PE PP Polyamides Nylon Kevlar Polyesters PC PET Poly ethers PEG

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