Screening Hospital Patients
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Which group of the population is likely to give a high yield for conditions such as diabetes mellitus, cancer of the cervix, and simple glaucoma?

  • Supermarket employees
  • Hospital patients (correct)
  • Professional athletes
  • School teachers

    • What is the usual practice when patients who come to the hospital have a diagnostic doubt?

  • Request laboratory and other tests sequentially (correct)
  • Immediately admit the patient to surgery
  • Send the patient home without further investigation
  • Avoid any diagnostic tests

    • What may prove its worth in leading to diagnoses that would otherwise have been delayed or missed altogether?

  • Not conducting any tests on patients
  • Relying solely on physical exams
  • Submitting patients to a number of laboratory tests routinely (correct)
  • Ignoring patient complaints

    • What is one risk of not exercising individual choice in requesting laboratory tests?

    <p>Delaying diagnoses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of hospital patient screening, what is meant by a 'high yield'?

    <p>Discovering a significant number of cases of specific conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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