Purpose: To compare three decision making techniques using a common clinical prob lem.
Methods: Two recently developed methods, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the …

Purposes: To evaluate 2 commonly overlooked sources of error in measuring blood
pressure (BP) in the office, improper patient positioning and frequency of terminal digit bias (TDB) …

Numerous decision-making tools exist to assist physicians in diagnosis management.
However, the accuracy of available clinical information is often ambiguous or unknown and …

Histologic patterns of tumor‐bone interaction were systematically evaluated in 80 cases of
metastatic lung cancer involving bone. Patterns of tumor‐bone interaction varied with the …

Based mainly on the simplicity of its calculation, the urea reduction ratio (URR) has been
suggested as an alternative to urea kinetic modeling (Kt/V) as a measure of hemodialysis …

Purpose. To evaluate the post-lumpectomy treatment of a nonpalpable, stage I, T1b tumor,
mammographically detected, in a 74-year-old woman without comorbidities. Methods. A …

A computer model was designed as a relational database to assess breast cancer screening
in a cohort of women where the growth and development of breast cancer originates with …

OBJECTIVE. The debate over the value of screening mammography is rekindled with each
new published study or guideline. Central to the discussion are the uncertainties about …

This case study details the set-up and implementation of the PathNet autocoder (Cerner
Corporation) in a busy anatomic pathology laboratory. After initial start-up, procedures were …

Cervical spine (CS) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and collar use may prevent
quadriplegia, yet create brain injury. We developed a computer model to assess the effect of CS …