| Literature DB >> 1156751 |
K E Britton, V Quinn, B L Brown, R P Ekins.
Abstract
The concept of decision-aiding ranges were introduced to improve diagnostic efficiency. The clinical uncertainty in distinguishing borderline cases of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism among 1559 consecutive requests for thyroid function tests was 47%. This was reduced to 22% by using the free thyroxine index and to under 2% by using specific tests determined by the decision-aiding ranges.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1156751 PMCID: PMC1673779 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5979.350
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447