Choosing between Clinical Prediction Rules

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 2553-2555

  Yealy, Donald M ^a   Auble, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN C SPINE RULE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL EMERGENCY X RADIOGRAPHY UTILIZATION LOW RISK CRITERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0346256840     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe038184     Document Type: Editorial

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