Reverend Bayes and Appendicitis

Volume: 145, Issue: 2
Published: Feb 1, 2020
Abstract
The diagnosis and exclusion of appendicitis continues to be 1 of the primary concerns of providers who care for children with abdominal pain. Jennings et al,1 from the Seattle Children’s Hospital, adopted a statistical model to analyze the most cost-effective approach to a common and age-old problem: the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis. Specifically, 10 imaging strategies were modeled, using differing previous probabilities (a la Bayes’...
Paper Details
Title
Reverend Bayes and Appendicitis
Published Date
Feb 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
145
Issue
2
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