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Clinical calculators offering decision support over the WWW
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 Coronary Heart Disease risk assessment tool
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Risk Assessment Tool - Coronary Heart Disease (NHLBI/NCEP) |
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clinical domains |
| Evidence-based medicine, clinical guidelines, decision support, risk assessment, clinical calculators |
Coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction |
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| developed by |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Cholesterol
Education Program (NCEP), USA.
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Available for download or use over the WWW.
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| description |
The "tool estimates 10-year risk for "hard" coronary heart disease outcomes (myocardial infarction and coronary death) in adults who do not have heart disease or diabetes."
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| references |
Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults.
Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III).
JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2486-97.
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| acknowledgements |
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| page history |
Entry on OpenClinical: 21 February 2006
Last main update: 21 February 2006
Design - template v0.2: 24 June 2005. |
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Access CHD Risk Assessment Tool (online)