Patient History "bottom up" method is also Inductive Reasoning
known as
Patient History "Top down" method is also Deductive Reasoning
known as
Inductive Reasoning consists of inferring general principles or rules from specific facts
, based on past experience and collection Inductive Reasoning
of details
which type of reasoning is also known as Inductive Reasoning
"inferrential" reasoning
used to gather and interpret information Heuristics
"rule of thumb"
Derived from existing observations AND invasive tests and responses to
Inference
interventions
open-ended and exploratory and allows Inductive Reasoning
for new theories to evolve from observed
patterns are advantages of which type of
reasoning
which type of reasoning is more likely to Inductive Reasoning
suffer of anchoring bias
allows clinician to see patterns of Heuristics
symptoms which makes coming to a
diagnosis quicker
rapid weight loss, pain at night unrelieved by rest, night sweats, previous history of
name 4 big red flags discussed in class
cancer
Infection Malignancy Fracture Rheumatic Diseases Abdominal/Pelvic Disorder
I'M FRAN
Neurological deficits
Ockham's Razor all things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one
Sutton's Slip failure to consider the less obvious causes of condition
which type of reasoning starts with a Deductive Reasoning
general hypothesis or known fact and
create a specific conclusion from that
generalization
which type of reasoning uses syllogism to Deductive Reasoning
find its conclusion
a theory is devised in the form of a general statement that leads to a more specific
Deductive Reasoning
testable hypothesis
the study of patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined
Epidemiology
populations
Father of Epidemiology John Snow (cholera outbreak)
Mortality measurement of the number of deaths for a specific population and/or condition
expressed as a rate ' per '. Mortality
Morbidity relates to the state of being diseased
and are used to exam the numbers of incidence and prevalence
people with any one specific morbidity
is the proportion of a population found to Prevalence
have condition
compares the number of people found to Prevalence
have the condition with the total number of
people studied