Three quantitative approaches to the diagnosis of abdominal pain in children: Practical applications of decision theory

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1375-1380

  Klein, Michael D ^a,b   Rabbani, Amir B ^a,b   Rood, Kim D ^a,b   Durham, Todd ^a,b   Rosenberg, Norman M ^a,b   Bahr, M James ^a,b   Thomas, Ronald L ^a,b   Langenburg, Scott E ^a,b   Kuhns, Larry R ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Decision support; Medical informatics; Quantitative decision making

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034854838     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.26374     Document Type: Article

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