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PREDICTIVE MEDICINE. XI. PROGNOSTIC LEVELS
Author(s) -
Cheraskin E.,
Ringsdorf W. M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02220.x
Subject(s) - medicine , predictive value , disease , intensive care medicine , pathology
With a lamelleted sphere as a model, an analysis of the periphery of the human subject (symptoms and signs) is useful in providing a measure of the extent of disease. However, in itself, it has little utility in a predictive medicine program. In present multiple‐testing methods, correlation of the biochemical state with the symptoms and signs is the basis for making a diagnosis of classical disease. However, the predictive potential is limited. A predictive medicine program, to fulfill its true purpose, must view the total sphere in all its layers.