Clinical diagnosis of seasonal influenza by physicians: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To elucidate the diagnostic accuracy of pretest probability of influenza (%) by physicians and the factors affecting the clinical diagnosis.

Design

Retrospective, single-centre observational study.

Setting

A community primary care clinic in Japan.

Participants

The participants were recruited from a database of studies conducted during the influenza season from December 2017 to April 2019.

Primary outcome measure

Sensitivity and specificity of the physician's clinical diagnosis of influenza recorded in the medical record as pretest probability.

Results

A total of 335 patients (median age, 31 years; male, 66.6%) were analysed in this study. The area under the curve (AUC) of the physician's pretest probability was 0.77. At a cut-off value o

SUBMITTER: Maita H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315920 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature