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Anaemia

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Clinical features

Look for koilonychia c  

Why?

Koilonychia makes anaemia more likely

Patient Target Disorder and
Reference Standard		 Diagnostic Test LR+
(95% CI) 		Post-test Probability LR-
(95% CI) 		Post-test Probability
iron-deficiency anaemia c
(pre-test probability: 47%) 		anaemia
(haemoglobin <8.0 g/dl) 		Koilonychia 5.6
(0.67 to 46) 		83% 0.93
(0.86 to 1.0) 		46%

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