Diagnostic tool using a predictive instrument

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1998-11-18

2000-05-23

Schaetzle, Kennedy J.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Cardiovascular

600515, A61B 50402

Patent

active

060674660

ABSTRACT:
A method for evaluating a medical condition of a patient including the steps of monitoring one or more clinical features of a patient; based on the monitored features, computing a primary probability of a medical outcome or diagnosis; computing a plurality of conditional probabilities for a selected diagnostic test, the computed conditional probabilities including a first probability of the medical outcome or diagnosis assuming the selected diagnostic test produces a first outcome and a second probability of the medical outcome or diagnosis assuming the selected diagnostic test produces a second outcome; and displaying the computed primary probability as well as the plurality of computed conditional probabilities to a user as an aid to determining whether to administer the selected diagnostic test to the patient.

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