TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - TABLE: Levels of Evidence
A1  - Simel, David L.
A1  - Rennie, Drummond
PY  - 2016
T2  - The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
AB  - Table  Graphic  Jump  LocationLevels  of  EvidenceaView  Table||Download  (.pdf)Levels  of  EvidenceaLevel  of  EvidenceGradeDefinition1AIndependent  blinded  comparison  of  sign  or  symptom  results  with  a  criterion  standard  of  diagnosis  among  a  large  number  of  consecutive  patients  suspected  of  having  the  target  condition2BIndependent  blinded  comparison  of  sign  or  symptom  with  a  criterion  standard  of  diagnosis  among  a  small  number  of  consecutive  patients  suspected  of  having  the  target  condition3CIndependent  blinded  comparison  of  sign  or  symptom  with  a  criterion  standard  of  diagnosis  among  nonconsecutive  patients  suspected  of  having  the  target  condition4CNonindependent  comparison  of  sign  or  symptom  with  a  criterion  standard  of  diagnosis  among  samples  of  patients  who  obviously  have  the  target  condition  plus,  perhaps,  normal  individuals5CNonindependent  comparison  of  sign  or  symptom  with  a  standard  of  uncertain  validityaModified  from  Holleman  and  Simel.13  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3492931
ER  -