The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Death
Christopher Booth, David L. Simel
Make the Diagnosis: Death
Topics Discussed:
cardiac arrest, coma, criterion standard comparisons (diagnostic tests), death, likelihood ratio, make the diagnosis, prior probability
Excerpt:
"A poor neurologic outcome (severe neurologic disability, vegetative
state, or death) occurs in 77% of victims after a nontraumatic
cardiac arrest...."
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