Translating clinical research into clinical practice: Impact of using prediction rules to make decisions

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Reilly, Brendan M ^a,b   Evans, Arthur T ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b Division of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33644855006     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-3-200602070-00009     Document Type: Review

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