Weighing harm in therapeutic decisions of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-390

  Moreira, Juan ^a   Bisig, Bettina ^a   Muwawenimana, Petronille ^a   Basinga, Paulin ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a   Haegeman, Frank ^a   Kishore, Panduru ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision theory; Decision threshold; Omission bias; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Therapeutic decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67649228122     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08327330     Document Type: Article

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