A Biosurveillance-driven Home Score to Guide Strep Pharyngitis Treatment
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چکیده
Objective 1. To derive and validate an accurate clinical prediction model (“home score”) to estimate a patient’s risk of group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis before a health care visit based only on history and real-time local biosurveillance, and to compare its accuracy to traditional clinical prediction models composed of history and physical exam features. 2. To examine the impact of a home score on patient and public health outcomes.
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Improved diagnostic accuracy of group A streptococcal pharyngitis with use of real-time biosurveillance.
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