Clinical decision rules: how to use them

TY - JOUR

T1 - Clinical decision rules: how to use them

AU - Phillips, B.

PY - 2010/6

Y1 - 2010/6

N2 - The first of this pair of papers outlined what a clinical decision rule is and how one should be created. This section examines how to use a rule, by checking that it is likely to work (examining how it has been validated), understanding what the various numbers that tell us about "accuracy" mean, and considers some practical aspects of how clinicians think and work in order to make that information usable on the front lines.

AB - The first of this pair of papers outlined what a clinical decision rule is and how one should be created. This section examines how to use a rule, by checking that it is likely to work (examining how it has been validated), understanding what the various numbers that tell us about "accuracy" mean, and considers some practical aspects of how clinicians think and work in order to make that information usable on the front lines.

KW - PRACTICE GUIDELINES

KW - MEASUREMENT ERROR

KW - DIAGNOSIS

KW - IMPLEMENTATION

KW - PREDICTION

KW - IMPACT

KW - TRIAL

KW - METAANALYSIS

KW - IMPROVEMENT

KW - MANAGEMENT

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953757200&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1136/adc.2009.174458

DO - 10.1136/adc.2009.174458

M3 - Article

SN - 1743-0585

VL - 95

SP - 88

EP - 92

JO - Archives of disease in childhood-Education and practice edition

JF - Archives of disease in childhood-Education and practice edition

IS - 3

ER -