Estimating the probability of acute appendicitis using clinical criteria of a structured record sheet: The physician against the computer

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 427-432

  Hallan, Stein ^a,b   Åsberg, Arne ^a   Edna, Tom Harald ^a  

^a Innherred Hospital   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Decision analysis; Diagnosis; Logistic regression; Probability estimates

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SURGEON;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0030926007     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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