Evaluation of an automated method to assist with error detection in the ACCORD central laboratory

Clinical Trials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-389

  Strylewicz, Gregory ^a   Doctor, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77955565421     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774510372779     Document Type: Article

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