A medical doctor has a data set about her patients. From her past data, she knows that she will have 80% follow-up...
A doctor knows from experience that 10% of the patients to whom she gives a certain drug will have undesirable side effects. Among the 13 patients to whom she gives the drug, find the following probabilities. (Give your answers correct to three decimal places.) (a) Find the probability P(At most two will have undesirable side effects). (b) Find the probability P(At least two will have undesirable side effects).[Hint: apply complement rule, P(at least 2) = 1 - p(less than 2)...
A doctor knows from experience that 17% of the patients to whom she gives a certain drug will have undesirable side effects. Among the 12 patients to whom she gives the drug, find the following probabilities. (Give your answers correct to three decimal places.) (a) Find the probability P(At most two will have undesirable side effects). (b) Find the probability P(At least two will have undesirable side effects).[Hint: apply complement rule, P(at least 2) = 1 - p(less than 2)...
An elderly friend of the family asks you about your opinion about a telemedicine option her clinic is offering her. She can make an appointment and have a Skype-type visit with her doctor. She has a rather complex medical history as she has diabetes, hypertension, and some balance difficulties requiring her to use a cane. She is also getting a bit hard of hearing, and explains that she is hesitant to drive now and that she has nobody to take...
Lydia is concerned that she has strep throat, so she visits her doctor. Base on her initial examination, the doctor believes that there is a 70% chance that Lydia has strep throat. There is a test for strep throat known as the Rapid Strep Test (RST). If an individual has strep throat, the RST correctly identifies this 95% of the time (i.e. the true positive rate is 95%). If an individual does not have strep throat, the RST incorrectly identifies...
Mrs. Smith leaves the office in tears, stating that she has no idea what Dr. Olsen just told her and she was not given explanation regarding the tests the doctor ordered. She thinks that something must be terribly wrong with her for the doctor to order these tests. You know that in the past Mrs. Smith has been unhappy with her medical treatment and has threatened to sue Dr. Olsen. After reviewing the Patients’ Bill of Rights, explain what the...
1 A 20 yr. old female presents to the doctor today complaining of pain in her back. She states the pain began one week ago and has been getting worse. When taking a history, you discover that she is sexually active and has a history of bladder infections in the past year. When doing a physical exam, you find that she has a fever and pain in her lower back upon palpation. What condition does the patient have? What are four medications used...
READ AND ANSWER Mrs. Jones and her family have been patients at Family Medical Group for the past 10 years, since her family moved from Puerto Rico. Her youngest daughter, who lives near her parents and often acts as her translator, drove her to your clinic today because she is not feeling well. Mrs. Jones is a 63-year-old, obese (250 lb) female with a history of diabetes for 10 years, high blood pressure (130/90), osteoarthritis in both knees, and presents...
Patients can be discharged from a practice for paying for services. You work in the front office of a physician’s practice. The practice does not currently offer credit (accept monthly payments) to patients. You know that a few of your coworkers have recently bent the rules to allow a patient not pay their insurance co-payment, have not charged for some of the services provided, or have allowed a patient to make payments on their accounts. Respond thoughtfully to both of...
Mandy the Medical Student is building her own ECG (ElectroCardioGram). She has set up the leads and is getting a signal with magnitude up to 5 mV. She would like to filter the signal to only capture signal in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 40 Hz. She would also like to amplify the signal to have magnitude up to 1 V, so that it can be captured by the sound card on her computer. Produce a design for...