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Managing the risks of making the wrong diagnosis: First, do no harm

The appropriate use of diagnostics is important as misdiagnosis may have serious consequences. Confidence in a diagnostic test result depends on the test’s accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) in the context of the use-case (who is tested and why) and the prevalence of the condition investigated....

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Autores principales: Olliaro, Piero, Torreele, Els
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8752462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33845195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.004