In what ways can randomized controlled trials affect public health?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: RCTs can inform decisions on public health policy, spur the creation or revision of guidelines for evidence-based medicine, and provide justification for whether interventions, programs, drugs, and devices are made available to the general public. In addition, RCTs can be used to determine whether an intervention is cost-effective enough to be recommended or implemented by national or international agencies
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A) There is a 25 to 30 percent increase in kidney mass due to hypertrophy. B) Impaired insulin use and glucose metabolism result in weight loss. C) Decreased elasticity of the lung tissue results in a smaller lung volume. D) Blood vessel walls thicken, reducing blood flow to end organs and causing blood pressure to rise.
What does the letter S in the acronym SLIC stand for?
a. Slowly b. Size c. Septum d. Slippery
The physician documents a limited number of diagnoses and/or management options, a limited amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed, and a moderate risk of complications, comorbidities and/or mortality. What is the overall level of medical decision making?
A. Straightforward B. Low C. Moderate D. High
Pathologic gambling falls under which subcategory in Chapter 5, Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders?
A) Behavioral syndromes associated with personality and behavior disturbances and physical factors B) Disorders of impaired impulse control C) Mental disorders due to addictions D) Disorders of adult personality and behavior