Quantitative assessments from the clinical examination: How should clinicians integrate the numerous results?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Holleman Jr , Donald R ^a,d   Simel, David L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical examination; estimating probability of disease; logistic models; quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 8244220342     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.012003165.x     Document Type: Article

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