Sequential test selection in the analysis of abdominal pain

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-183

  Castro, Frank ^b   Caccamo, Leonard P ^b   Carter, Kimbroe J ^b   Erickson, Barbara A ^b   Johnson, William ^b   Kessler, Edward ^a   Ritchey, Nathan P ^b   Ruiz, Claudio A ^b  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Bayes' theorem; diagnosis; sensitivity analysis; test sequence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BAYES THEOREM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029970371     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600210     Document Type: Article

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