| Introduction to clinical decision making. | |
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PMID: 20674590 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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In the last few years there has been a remarkable increase in the amount of clinical data in the average hospital chart, and more and more problem-solving algorithms have been developed. We need better "thinking tools" to help us handle the flow of information. The term "clinical decision making" is used to describe a systematic way to handle data and algorithms to decide on a best course of action. This introductory article discusses some of the problems in establishing a decision criterion, both for a population and for an individual patient. Comparing the probabilities and utilities of various diagnostic outcomes (true positive, false positive, etc.) leads to a diagnostic strategy. The article also discusses conditional probability. Bayes' theorem, and likelihood ratios. |
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Authors:
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Dennis D Patton |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Seminars in nuclear medicine Volume: 40 ISSN: 1558-4623 ISO Abbreviation: Semin Nucl Med Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-08-02 Completed Date: 2011-01-27 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1264464 Medline TA: Semin Nucl Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 319-26 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Health Science Center of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. |
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Semin Nucl Med. 1978 Oct;8(4):273-82
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754285
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