Among patients with suspected obstructive CAD, two simple models that include clinical risk factors both outperform the commonly used pretest probability (PTP) model when it comes to predicting the ...

For the clinical prediction of probability of pulmonary embolism (PE), the Pisa model is effective, based on a derivation cohort study of 1,100 patients with suspected PE (40% had PE) and a validation ...

Traders in bonds and credit default swaps are bombarded with information on the default probabilities implied by credit spreads using a simple ratio. This ratio predicts that the credit spread will be ...