Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for chest wall syndrome in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ronga, Alexandre ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a,b   Haasenritter, Jörg ^c   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^c   Bösner, Stefan ^c   Verdon, François ^a   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^d   Favrat, Bernard ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Decision support techniques; Diagnosis; Musculoskeletal system; Primary care; Thoracic wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROC CURVE; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 84864508307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-74     Document Type: Article

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