Bayesian analysis using continuous likelihood ratios for identifying pleural exudates

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1960-1965

  Porcel, J M ^a   Pena J M ^b   Vicente de Vera, C ^a   Esquerda, A ^a   Vives, M ^c   Light, Richard W ^d  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE BARBASTRO   (Spain)

^c Division of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Continuous likelihood ratios; Exudate; Pleural effusion; Transudate

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; THORACOCENTESIS;

BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD PROTEINS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33749316937     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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