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How Can The Outcome And Consequence Of A Particular Test Be Interpreted?
Question: I need a response to: I interpret the statement by thinking of it in terms of a situation. There is always the possibility that something in the category (death,complication, infection) can happen. Because of this I think of the denominator as the total population in the facility. In regards to the numerator, I think about the people that do get reported as constantly changing. If there were 56 patients seen in the cardiac XXXXXXX lab for one month, and 12 of them developed a hematoma from the procedure, that would be 21.43 percent. All 56 patients COULD have developed a hematoma after the XXXXXXX procedure but didn't.
Brief Answer:
THis requires a great mastery of the subject!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
As an a epidemiologist and statistician, we can always express this information in different ways. It really depends on what you want to say and a mastery of what the general trend is. If for example, everyone is expected to develop a hematoma and only a fraction does, then you can formulate it into the percentage for hematomas prevented. If having a hematoma is unexpected, you may want to express this in terms of the risk or probability of getting one. So, how we develop this really depends on what exact message you want to pass on. There are many other possible ways to look at them but until that precision is gotten, we cannot for sure tell.
I hope this sheds some light on this. But i will like to hear more from you on what you want to pass on to be precise.
THis requires a great mastery of the subject!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
As an a epidemiologist and statistician, we can always express this information in different ways. It really depends on what you want to say and a mastery of what the general trend is. If for example, everyone is expected to develop a hematoma and only a fraction does, then you can formulate it into the percentage for hematomas prevented. If having a hematoma is unexpected, you may want to express this in terms of the risk or probability of getting one. So, how we develop this really depends on what exact message you want to pass on. There are many other possible ways to look at them but until that precision is gotten, we cannot for sure tell.
I hope this sheds some light on this. But i will like to hear more from you on what you want to pass on to be precise.
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