title: Medical decision profiles derived from a symptom questionnaire.
abstract: The introduction of formalized systems for data acquisition provide a basis for the investigation of medical decision making. Patients admitted to a general medical ward completed a comprehensive, medical history. Decisions relating to their subsequent diagnosis, investigation and management were made after complete investigation and were recorded with their questionnaire responses. A computer programme was developed to compare questionnaire responses from patients who did, and patients who did not have each particular decision made, and to assign a value to each question depending on the significance of its association with the decision. The set of values, one for each question, was termed a decision profile and was characteristic of that decision.
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003201:Computers; D003657:Decision Making; D003933:Diagnosis; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003975:Diazepam