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Pending Pathologic Fracture: Likelihood Ratios

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The likelihood ratios of findings for Pending Pathologic Fracture are listed below. See the left navigation bar to change the display.

Good Positive and Negative Likelihood Ratios

Finding +LR-LR Comments, Study
Mirels Score Edit 160

Score >= 8:

For each Variable, scores are:

Site: Upper limb (1) Lower limb (2) Peritrochanter (3)

Pain: Mild (1) Moderate (2) Functional (3)

Lesion: Blastic (1) Mixed (2) Lytic (3)

Size <1/3 (1) 1/3–2/3 (2) >2/3 (3)

Study: Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Oct;(415 Suppl):S4-13. PMID: 14600587