Effectiveness of percutaneous vesico-amniotic shunting in congenital lower urinary tract obstruction: Divergence in prior beliefs among specialist groups

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Brown, Celia ^a   Morris, R Katie ^a,b   Daniels, Jane ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Lilford, Richard J ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian prior beliefs; Congenital lower urinary tract obstruction; Effectiveness; PLUTO trial; VAS shunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLOGIST; PEDIATRICS; PERCUTANEOUS VESICO AMNIOTIC SHUNTING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHUNTING; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGY;

EID: 77956611460     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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