https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 A clinical decision rule to aid ordering of serum and urine protein electrophoresis for case-finding of paraproteins in hospitalized inpatients https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:4617 41 g/l, 3 points for age ≥60, 2 points for each of hemoglobin <121 and male gender, and 1 point for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60.Total scores of 0–5, 6–10, and ≥11 corresponded to positive likelihood ratios of an abnormal SPE/UPE of 1, 2.5, and 6.6, respectively. The predictive ability of this model was strong, with an area under the curve of ~0.8. Results in the validation set were almost identical. Conclusion: A clinical decision rule using simple clinical variables has the potential to improve the yield of SPE/UPE.This rule however needs to be verified prospectively.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:21:53 AEDT ]]> Identifying low value pathology test ordering in hospitalised patients: a retrospective cohort study across two hospitals https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41884 Mon 15 Aug 2022 15:25:08 AEST ]]> Incidence and Management of Hypertriglyceridemia-Associated Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Case Series in a Single Australian Tertiary Centre https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41572 Fri 05 Aug 2022 14:44:39 AEST ]]>