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Archivos de cardiología de México
On-line version ISSN 1665-1731Print version ISSN 1405-9940
Abstract
RODRIGUEZ-ESCUDERO, Juan Pablo; LOPEZ-JIMENEZ, Francisco and TREJO-GUTIERREZ, Jorge F.. Evidence-Based Cardiology: practical applications from epidemiology. III. Diagnostic capacity of a clinical test. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2011, vol.81, n.3, pp.261-266. ISSN 1665-1731.
This article reviews different characteristics of validity in a clinical diagnostic test. In particular, we emphasize the likelihood ratio as an instrument that facilitates the use of epidemiologic concepts in clinical diagnosis.
Keywords : Diagnosis; Diagnostic test; Sensitivity; Specificity; Likelihood ratio; EUA.