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Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 2/2018

20.08.2017 | CE - Clinical Notes

Understanding and improving decisions in clinical medicine (II): making sense of reasoning in practice

verfasst von: Fabrizio Elia, Franco Aprà, Vincenzo Crupi

Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Ausgabe 2/2018

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The most refined logical model for clinical reasoning is the combination of Bayes’ theorem and expected utility theory. Briefly put, it implies that the probabilities of an exhaustive list of initial diagnostic hypotheses be updated through the collection of data, and that treatment for a condition becomes justified when the probability of such condition exceeds the threshold where expected clinical benefit outweighs potential harm [1]. …
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Titel
Understanding and improving decisions in clinical medicine (II): making sense of reasoning in practice
verfasst von
Fabrizio Elia
Franco Aprà
Vincenzo Crupi
Publikationsdatum
20.08.2017
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Ausgabe 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Elektronische ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1740-7

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