The use of the Fagan's nomogram (a straight line through the pretest probability of 25% and the LR+ of 17.40 yields a posttest probability of 85%; a straight line through the pretest probability of 25% and the LR- of 0.14 yields a posttest probability of 4%).
posted on 2014-04-14, 03:52authored byHsueh-Yi Lu, Chen-Yuan Huang, Chwen-Tzeng Su, Chen-Chiang Lin
The use of the Fagan's nomogram (a straight line through the pretest probability of 25% and the LR+ of 17.40 yields a posttest probability of 85%; a straight line through the pretest probability of 25% and the LR- of 0.14 yields a posttest probability of 4%).