Searching for clinical prediction rules in MEDLINE.
Clinical prediction rules have been advocated as a possible mechanism to enhance clinical judgment in diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic assessment. Despite renewed interest in the their use, inconsistent terminology makes them difficult to index and retrieve by computerized search systems. No validated approaches to locating clinical prediction rules appear in the literature. The objective of this study was to derive and validate an optimal search filter for retrieving clinical prediction [...]
Author(s): Ingui, B J, Rogers, M A
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080391