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Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia, typical of experts
Author(s) -
Miettinen Olli S.,
Flegel Kenneth M.,
Steurer Johann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00873.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , physical examination , auscultation , pre and post test probability , medical history , chest pain , chest radiograph , physical therapy , radiography , pediatrics , surgery , radiology
Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia is a concern when a patient presents with recent cough--new or worsened--together with fever as the chief complaint. Given this presentation, the doctor would benefit from having access to software that specifies, first, what diagnostic indicators experts typically use in that diagnosis; then, upon entry of those facts, what experts' typical probability of pneumonia is in such a case; and finally, how much this probability might change upon adding the facts from chest radiography.