Using evidence to determine diagnostic test efficacy

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-92

  Replogle, William H ^a   Johnson, William D ^b,c   Hoover, Kim Welch ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Mississippi School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Evidence based decision making; Predictive value of tests; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HEART INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650504155     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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