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Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) |
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Systematic reviews of clinical decision tools for acute abdominal pain (Liu) 186 pages, Volume 10, number 47 |
DOI
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10.3310/hta10470 |
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Headline: |
Study found that decision tools are potentially useful in confirming a diagnosis of acute appendicitis, but not in ruling it out; the clinical use of well-designed, condition-specific paper or computer-based structured checklists is promising as a way to improve impact on patient outcomes. |
Project ref: |
97/38/03 |
Original project title: |
Does algorithm-guided diagnosis improve the clinical management of acute abdominal pain? A systematic review |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Jeremy Wyatt, Director, Institute for Digitial Health Care,
International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick
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Start Date: |
May 2001 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
November 2006
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Cost: |
£75,525 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
ABDOMINAL-PAIN Q-diagnosis; ALGORITHMS; DECISION-SUPPORT-TECHNIQUES; DECISION-SUPPORT-SYSTEMS-CLINICAL Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; CHILD; ADULT; REVIEW-LITERATURE; META-ANALYSIS; ACUTE-DISEASE; PAIN-INTRACTABLE Q-etiology; DIAGNOSIS-DIFFERENTIAL; DECISION-MAKING; COSTS-AND-COST-ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED-MEDICINE (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484056618 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available
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114 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1130 |
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