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Anaemia

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Clinical features

Look for  dyspnoea c  

Why?

Dyspnoea makes anaemia slightly more likely

Patient Target Disorder and
Reference Standard		 Diagnostic Test LR+
(95% CI) 		Post-test Probability LR-
(95% CI) 		Post-test Probability
suspected anaemia c
(pre-test probability: 19%) 		anaemia
(haemoglobin) 		dyspnoea 1.4
(1.0 to 1.8) 		25% 0.67
(0.44 to 1.0) 		14%

Expiry date: September 2003
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Authors   R   Dinniwell , CM   Ball
Reviewer   D   Chitnavas
CAT Writers   R   Dinniwell , CM   Bal, C Wottonl