Selection of diagnostic tests for clinical decision making and translation to a problem oriented medical record

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Realdi, Giuseppe ^a   Previato, Lorenzo ^a   Vitturi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesan reasoning; Clinical reasoning and laboratory testing; Diagnostic threshold; Likelihood ratio; Post test probability; Pre test probability

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS;

EID: 44749085582     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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