title: What constitutes clinical evidence? A dynamic approach to clinical diagnosis.
abstract: The evidence-based diagnostic approach appreciates physicians' inability to eliminate uncertainties in clinical medicine. Likelihood ratios can be a dynamic tool for refining probability in clinical settings. Family physicians can use these parameters for better estimation of the strength of clinical evidence.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soltani
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moayyeri
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity