Bayesian comparative model of CT scan and ultrasonography in the assessment of acute appendicitis: results from the Acute Care Diagnostic Collaboration project

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2070-2073

  Cochon, Laila ^a   Esin, John ^a   Baez, Amado Alejandro ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84994123739     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.07.012     Document Type: Article

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