How to handle baffling test results.

Autor: Belsey, Richard E., Mulrow, Cynthia D., Sox Jr., Harold C., Becker, Brenda L.
Zdroj: Patient Care (Print); 5/30/1993, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p63-76, 11p, 3 Charts
Abstrakt: Outline rules and principles of clinical decision making or diagnosis. Steps in interpreting medical laboratory results; Criteria for determining which medical tests to order after a problematic test result; Factors to consider when interpreting tests results; Explanation of Bayes' theorem on evaluating the possibility of a disease; Advice of Doctor Harold C. Sox Jr. on dealing with discrepant or surprising test results.
Databáze: Complementary Index