Clinical Sensitivity and Specificity
Q: A 'false positive' result in a diagnostic test occurs when the test is negative for a person who actually has the disease.
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Atropine is a competitive antagonist at muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and is used to counteract the life-threatening excessive secretions (salivation, bronchial) and bradycardia caused by organophosphates. Pralidoxime (2-PAM) is given to reactivate acetylcholinesterase.
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