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Risk Assessment - Methods
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Definition of 'Risk Assessment'The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988) Common names: Risk Assessment; Assessments, Risk; Risk Assessments; Assessment, Risk; Risks and Benefits; Benefits and Risks; Benefit-Risk Assessment; Assessment, Benefit-Risk; Assessments, Benefit-Risk; Benefit Risk Assessment; Benefit-Risk Assessments; Risk-Benefit Assessment; Assessment, Risk-Benefit |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study.
30 Oct 2009 
BACKGROUND: The relative contribution of risk factors to the development of heart failure remains controversial. Further, whether these contributions have changed over time or differ by sex is unclear. Few population-based studies have been ... Read more...
Risk of bias versus quality assessment of randomised controlled trials: cross sectional study.
17 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the risk of bias tool, introduced by the Cochrane Collaboration for assessing the internal validity of randomised trials, for inter-rater agreement, concurrent validity compared with the Jadad scale and Schulz approach to ... Read more...
Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule.
13 Oct 2009 Solitary pulmonary nodules are common radiologic findings, typically discovered incidentally through chest radiography or computed tomography of the neck, chest, and abdomen. Primary care physicians must decide how to pursue an evaluation of a ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Assessment - Methods'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study. 30 Oct 2009
- Responses to USPSTF guideline on aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular disease.
18 Oct 2009 - Risk of bias versus quality assessment of randomised controlled trials: cross sectional study. 17 Oct 2009
- Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule. 13 Oct 2009
- Environmental fate of phenolic endocrine disruptors: field and laboratory studies. 11 Oct 2009
- FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan may identify mantle cell lymphoma patients with unusually favorable outcome. 29 Sep 2009
- Evaluating probabilistic risk assessment methodology for use in the medical certification of airmen. 29 Sep 2009
- 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult - 2009 recommendations. 29 Sep 2009
- [Estimation of individual breast cancer risk: relevance and limits of risk estimation models] 29 Sep 2009
- Characterization and outcomes of women and men with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) quality improvement initiative. 29 Sep 2009
- Risky business. 28 Sep 2009
- Value and limitations of existing scores for the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a review for clinicians. 27 Sep 2009
- [Integration of a new risk marker into cardiovascular prevention, using coronary calcium as an example] 21 Sep 2009
- Maximising the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular disease prevention in the general population. 19 Sep 2009
- CKD classification based on estimated GFR over three years and subsequent cardiac and mortality outcomes: a cohort study. 15 Sep 2009
- Low documentation of chronic kidney disease among high-risk patients in a managed care population: a retrospective cohort study. 14 Sep 2009
- Clinically important head injuries after head trauma in children. 12 Sep 2009
- Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. 12 Sep 2009
- Pitfalls in meta-analysis of observational studies: lessons from a systematic review of the risks of stenting for intracranial atherosclerosis. 8 Sep 2009
- Neural correlates of resolving uncertainty in driver's decision making. 30 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Risk Assessment'
Definition: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
Descriptor UI: D018570
Alternative terms: Risk Assessment; Assessments, Risk; Risk Assessments; Assessment, Risk; Risks and Benefits; Benefits and Risks; Benefit-Risk Assessment; Assessment, Benefit-Risk; Assessments, Benefit-Risk; Benefit Risk Assessment; Benefit-Risk Assessments; Risk-Benefit Assessment; Assessment, Risk-Benefit; Assessments, Risk-Benefit; Risk Benefit Assessment; Risk-Benefit Assessments;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: E05.318.740.600.800.715; N04.452.871.715; N05.715.360.750.625.700.690; N06.850.505.715; N06.850.520.830.600.800.715;
History Note: 95
Technical Notes: coord NIM with specific disease or other concept (IM); DF: RISK ASSESS