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8377991

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
As we enter a new era of health care in the United States with limited economic resources, there will be an increasing demand for thoughtful and critical evaluation of the diagnostic tests used in clinical medicine. To interpret the clinical utility of diagnostic tests, the physician must understand the fundamental concepts of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. The purpose of this paper is to define these terms, demonstrate the use of receiver operating characteristic curves and Bayes' theorem, and provide clinical examples in obstetrics and gynecology to illustrate their use. Practitioners must be able to interpret the results of diagnostic tests to provide accurate information to their patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
619-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic testing in obstetrics and gynecology: a clinician's guide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants' Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article