Clinical experience with a decision support computer program using Bayes' theorem to diagnose chest pain patients

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-134

  Aase, Ottar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Bayes' theorem; Chest pain; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0033509999     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006960     Document Type: Article

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