Using Pre- and Posttest Predictive Probabilities to Evaluate Diagnostic Test Is a Confusing Habit.

Crit Care Med

Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Unit of Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy.

Published: December 2020

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