• Anaesthesia · Jul 2006

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    Decision analysis in anaesthesia: a tool for developing and analysing clinical management plans.

    • S M Yentis.
    • Magill Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK. s.yentis@imperial.ac.uk
    • Anaesthesia. 2006 Jul 1; 61 (7): 651-8.

    AbstractTraditional medical decision making is unstructured and incorporates evidence haphazardly. I present a more structured approach based on decision analysis, a model that considers all relevant options and outcomes informed by evidence where appropriate. This method is useful both for planning clinical management and for analysing decisions already taken.

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    This article appears in the collection: Decision Making in Anaesthesia & Critical Care.

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