User's guide to the surgical literature: how to use an article about a diagnostic test.
Bhandari
Mohit
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Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Center, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada. bhandari@sympatico.ca
Montori
Victor M
VM
Swiontkowski
Marc F
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Guyatt
Gordon H
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D003657:Decision Making; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D013502:General Surgery; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity