External validation of a United Kingdom primary-care Cushing's prediction tool in a population of referred Dutch dogs.
Bart Eduardus Wilhelmus RuijterCéline Anne BikImogen SchofieldStijn Johannes Maria NiessenPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2023)
The prediction model had moderate transportability, excellent discriminatory ability, and overall overestimated probability of having Cushing's syndrome. This study confirms its utility, though emphasizes that ongoing validation efforts of disease prediction tools are a worthwhile effort.