Guidelines & Resources
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Probability of Malignancy in SPN: Bayesian Analysis
Online calculator for risk of malignancy
Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, Schleck CD, Edell ES. The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules. Arch Intern Med 1997; 157:849-855.
Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, Schleck CD, Edell ES. The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules. Arch Intern Med 1997; 157:849-855.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Occam's Razor
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate.
— William of Occam, 14th century
Plurality must not be posited without necessity.
Although we've all been thought to try and make it simple under a single wonderful diagnosis, I like Hickam's dictum:
Hickam’s dictum:
“A patient can have as many diagnoses as he darn well pleases."
Occam’s Razor versus Saint’s Triad
n engl j med 350;6 www.nejm.org february 5, 2004
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcps031794
— William of Occam, 14th century
Plurality must not be posited without necessity.
Although we've all been thought to try and make it simple under a single wonderful diagnosis, I like Hickam's dictum:
Hickam’s dictum:
“A patient can have as many diagnoses as he darn well pleases."
Occam’s Razor versus Saint’s Triad
n engl j med 350;6 www.nejm.org february 5, 2004
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcps031794
Monday, August 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Evidence Based Medicine
The website of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
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After the forms are filled up, the output can be saved in several formats (txt, html)
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