How to apply the results of a research paper on diagnosis to your patient

Interpreting information on diagnostic accuracy is an area that health professionals struggle with. In this paper, we use the example of Mr Samways, a 45-year-old man with joint symptoms, to illustrate how to apply the results of a diagnostic accuracy study in clinical practice. We consider the vari...

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Autores principales: Whiting, Penny, Martin, Richard M, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Gunnell, David, Sterne, Jonathan A C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal Society of Medicine Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23413409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/shorts.2012.012089
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description Interpreting information on diagnostic accuracy is an area that health professionals struggle with. In this paper, we use the example of Mr Samways, a 45-year-old man with joint symptoms, to illustrate how to apply the results of a diagnostic accuracy study in clinical practice. We consider the various measures used to quantify diagnostic accuracy and discuss their clinical utility. We provide an overview of potential biases to consider when evaluating a diagnostic accuracy study and consider how to determine whether the results can be applied to a particular patient.
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spelling pubmed-35726612013-02-14 How to apply the results of a research paper on diagnosis to your patient Whiting, Penny Martin, Richard M Ben-Shlomo, Yoav Gunnell, David Sterne, Jonathan A C JRSM Short Rep Review Interpreting information on diagnostic accuracy is an area that health professionals struggle with. In this paper, we use the example of Mr Samways, a 45-year-old man with joint symptoms, to illustrate how to apply the results of a diagnostic accuracy study in clinical practice. We consider the various measures used to quantify diagnostic accuracy and discuss their clinical utility. We provide an overview of potential biases to consider when evaluating a diagnostic accuracy study and consider how to determine whether the results can be applied to a particular patient. Royal Society of Medicine Press 2013-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3572661/ /pubmed/23413409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/shorts.2012.012089 Text en © 2013 Royal Society of Medicine Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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