The Panzer reference.(Diagnostic strategies)

Bandolier 28 examined the use of likelihood ratios (LR) for use with diagnostic tests as an alternative to figures on sensitivity and specificity. One of our eminent readers sent an email with "the Panzer reference" which he thought would be useful for readers to know of because it has many examples of diagnostic strategies using LR methods.

The book [1] is published by the American College of Physicians. As the foreword says "We are moving, somewhat haltingly, from intuitive or informal clinical judgements based on the experience of individual practitioners to a more formal process in which evidence from studies of groups of similar patients augments the judgement of …