The art and science of statistical predictions: does a picture need a thousand words?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 784-787

  Choi, S W ^a   Wong, G T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; ULTRASOUND; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; CHILD; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85044234210     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14282     Document Type: Article

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