Clinicians should use likelihood ratios when comparing tests
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
.
2017 Jan;36(1):197-198.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2801-y.
Epub 2016 Oct 8.
Authors
A D Bai
1
,
A Showler
2
,
L Burry
3
4
,
M Steinberg
3
,
G A Tomlinson
2
5
,
C M Bell
2
3
5
6
,
A M Morris
7
8
9
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
2
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3
Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada.
4
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
6
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. andrew.morris@sinaihealthsystem.ca.
8
Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada. andrew.morris@sinaihealthsystem.ca.
9
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. andrew.morris@sinaihealthsystem.ca.
PMID:
27722802
DOI:
10.1007/s10096-016-2801-y
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Biostatistics
Decision Support Techniques*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
Humans
Sensitivity and Specificity