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Words Representing Numeric Probabilities in Medical Writing Are Ambiguous and Misinterpreted

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Words of estimative probability are used in medical writing. Authors know the number they intend the word to mean, readers do not. The objective of this study is to assess the variability of words having numeric meaning to medical doctors. DESIGN: A survey of 131 American t...

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Autor principal: Ott, Douglas E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8325478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34354332
http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2021.00034