Clinical judgment to estimate pretest probability in the diagnosis of cushing's syndrome under a bayesian perspective;Contribuição do julgamento clínico na estimativa da probabilidade pré-teste do diagnóstico da síndrome de cushing sob a perspectiva bayesiana

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 633-637

  Cipoli, Daniel E ^a   Martinez, Edson Z ^a   de Castro, Margaret ^a   Moreira, Ayrton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Cushing's syndrome; Pretest probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872772260     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302012000900006     Document Type: Article

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