Developing a decision tree algorithm for the diagnosis of suspected spider bites

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,c   Sibbritt, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Decision tree; Diagnosis; Envenoming; Spider bite

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHORESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 2342485666     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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