Clinical Epidemiology – the Diagnosis

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Klinická epidemiologie – diagnóza

Diagnóza je základní úkon klinického lékaře. Pro výběr vhodného diagnostického testu a správné vyhodnocenívýsledku vyšetření je třeba znát a používat základní ukazatele validity diagnostického testu. Mezi tyto ukazatelepatří senzitivita, specificita, pozitivní a negativní prediktivní hodnota a likelihood ratio.

Klíčová slova:
diagnostické testy, sensitivita, specificita, prediktivní hodnoty, likelihood ratio.

Authors: V. Janout
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav preventivního lékařství LF UP, Olomouc
Published in: Čas. Lék. čes. 2003; : 625-629
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Overview

Basic procedure for any clinician is to establish the diagnosis. There are some basic measures of diagnostic testsvalidity, which clinician should knowand use for selection of appropriate diagnostic test and for the correct evaluationof test results. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and likelihood ratio belong amongthose measures.

Key words:
diagnostic tests, sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratio.

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