Rational use of diagnostic tests for clinical decision making.

Anna Maria Buehler Bruna de Oliveira Ascef Haliton Alves de Oliveira Júnior Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri Jefferson Gomes Fernandes

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2019)

Knowing the methodology of diagnostic accuracy studies is fundamental, but not sufficient, for the rational use of diagnostic tests. There is a need to balance the desirable and undesirable consequences of tests results for the patients in order to favor a rational decision-making approach about which tests should be recommended in clinical practice.

Keyphrases

decision making
end stage renal disease
clinical practice
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported