What Diagnostic Test for Allergies Involves the Injection of Specific

question 44

Multiple Choice

What diagnostic test for allergies involves the injection of specific allergens?

• A) Phadiatop
• B) Skin testing
• C) Radioallergosorbent tests (RAST)
• D) Blood examination for total immunoglobulin E (IgE)

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

A beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

Double-Blind Procedures

Experimental procedures in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.

Placebo Effects

The phenomenon in which a person experiences a physical or psychological improvement after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic value.

Hindsight Bias

Hindsight Bias is the tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome, even though it could not have been reasonably predicted.