External validation is necessary in prediction research: a clinical example.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on September 01, 2003

Authors

S E Bleeker1, H A Moll, E W Steyerberg, A R T Donders, G Derksen-Lubsen, D E Grobbee, K G M Moons

Author Affiliations

1: Erasmus Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Room Sp 1545 Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands. sebleeker@yahoo.com

Associated clinical trials:

Pre-operative Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection After Cardiac Surgery | NCT04762446

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