Reassurance after Diagnostic Testing with a Low Pretest Probability of Serious Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 407-416

  Rolfe, Alexandra ^a   Burton, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASES; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84875766240     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2762     Document Type: Review

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