Prevalence and diagnostic value of GPs' gut feelings for cancer and serious diseases: protocol for a prospective observational study of diagnostic validity.
Bernardino Oliva-FanloSebastià MarchDavid MedinaMaría Martín-RabadánGaspar TamboreroErik StolperMagdalena EstevaPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
The study has obtained approval from the Majorcan Primary Care Research Committee and from the Balearic Islands Ethical Committee, with reference number IB 3210/16 PI. The results may help GPs to make more accurate decisions about which patients need further examinations to rule out or to confirm a diagnosis of cancer or a serious disease, and which ones do not. The results will be published as part of the PhD project of the first author and in open access journals, and will be presented at medical conferences.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- risk factors
- minimally invasive
- quality improvement
- high resolution
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- systematic review
- patient reported outcomes
- decision making
- meta analyses