Clinician vs mathematical statistical models: which is better at predicting an abnormal chest radiograph finding in injured patients?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 823-830

  Dillard, Elizabeth ^b   Luchette, Fred A ^a   Sears, Benjamin W ^a   Norton, John ^a   Schermer, Carol R ^a   Reed II, R Lawrence ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^a   Esposito, Thomas J ^a  

^a Burn and Shock Trauma Institute   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34548523119     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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