Positive predictive value of optometrist-initiated referrals for glaucoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Can diagnostic triage by general practitioners or rheumatology nurses improve the positive predictive value of referrals to early arthritis clinics?
OBJECTIVES To determine whether diagnostic triage by general practitioners (GPs) or rheumatology nurses (RNs) can improve the positive predictive value of referrals to early arthritis clinics (EACs). METHODS Four GPs and two RNs were trained in the assessment of early inflammatory arthritis (IA) by four visits to an EAC supervised by hospital rheumatologists. Patients referred to one of three...
متن کاملthe positive predictive value of physicians at kerman emergency services
background: tins research was conduced to estimate the positive predictive value of physicians at kerman emergency services for traumatic patients who referred to radiology department of kerman hospital in 2001. methods: this study was a cross-sectional study and carried out on 353 patients. a questionnaire was used as a research instrument. results: three radiologists reported the films separa...
متن کاملMistake in Calculating the Positive Predictive Value
As I read the study by Bakhtiari et al. (1), I noticed that they miscalculated the positive predictive value. They indicated that the positive predictive value of the PCR assay was 100%. But when I placed the values on the table and calculated the positive predictive value of the PCR assay, I found it 83.3%.
متن کاملLetter to Editor: Positive predictive value of diabetes mellitus risk assessment
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important public health challenge [1 ].Different studies predicted that the frequency of diabetic patients will be increased to 642 million throughout the world by 2040 [2]. A notable percentage of diabetic patients are not aware of their disease (approximately 30% in Iran) [3]. Lag in the diagnosis of DM raises the expense of controlling disease and makes the progn...
متن کاملPredictive value of retrobulbar blood flow velocities in glaucoma suspects.
PURPOSE To determine whether retrobulbar blood flow (RBF) velocities are predictive of conversion to glaucoma. METHODS A total of 262 glaucoma suspects were prospectively selected. Participants had normal visual field, increased intraocular pressure, and glaucomatous optic disc appearance at baseline. Topographic analysis of the optic nerve head was performed using a confocal laser scanning o...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0275-5408,1475-1313
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00410.x