ABIM Internal Medicine Board Review - General IM
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_53tg4o
1. Study designs - cross-section Risk factor and outcome
measured at the same
time
2. Study designs - retrospective (case control) Subjects divided by out-
come, then retrospectively
assessing frequency of risk
factors
3. Study designs - prospective (cohort) Subjects divided by risk
factor, then prospectively
followed for outcome
4. Study designs - randomized controlled trial Subjective randomly divid-
ed and one group receives
intervention
5. Positive likelihood ratio (LR+) Sensitivity/(1-Specificity)
6. Negative likelihood ratio (LR-) (1-Sensitivity)/Specificity
7. Vaccines - needed every pregnancy Tdap and influenza
8. Vaccines - MMR not indicated for adults born before 1957
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9. Vaccines - pneumococcal vaccines (PCV13 and PPSV23) Immunocompetent age
indicated in these groups >65
Functional or anatomic as-
plenia
Immunocompromised
CSF leaks or cochlear im-
plants
1/4
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_53tg4o
1. Study designs - cross-section Risk factor and outcome
measured at the same
time
2. Study designs - retrospective (case control) Subjects divided by out-
come, then retrospectively
assessing frequency of risk
factors
3. Study designs - prospective (cohort) Subjects divided by risk
factor, then prospectively
followed for outcome
4. Study designs - randomized controlled trial Subjective randomly divid-
ed and one group receives
intervention
5. Positive likelihood ratio (LR+) Sensitivity/(1-Specificity)
6. Negative likelihood ratio (LR-) (1-Sensitivity)/Specificity
7. Vaccines - needed every pregnancy Tdap and influenza
8. Vaccines - MMR not indicated for adults born before 1957
___
9. Vaccines - pneumococcal vaccines (PCV13 and PPSV23) Immunocompetent age
indicated in these groups >65
Functional or anatomic as-
plenia
Immunocompromised
CSF leaks or cochlear im-
plants
1/4
