Prognostication - The lost skill of medicine

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-164

  Kellett, John ^a  

^a St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Logistic regression; Predictive models; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTUITION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKILL; STRENGTH; WEAKNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTUITION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41349113383     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.09.002     Document Type: Review

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