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Introduction of “Vector Diagnosis” as an Explicit Formulation of the Traditional Methodology of Diagnosis Toshio OTA 1 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School Keyword: Vector diagnosis , Clinical decision analysis , Natural course , Bayes’ theorem pp.529-537
Published Date 2006/5/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1405100270
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 Mitnitski et al's idea of “vector diagnosis” was introduced and discussed in relation to the formulation of the traditional methodology of diagnosis. The idea has part of its methodological procedures in common with conventional Bayesian diagnosis, where Bayes’ theorem is used to calculate probabilities after additional information is available. However, the Mitnitski idea is unique in that it adopts the “vector”, or the set of probability values of all the exclusively possible diseases (disorders), as the diagnosis, instead of adopting the single most probable one. The same idea may have been known implicitly to clinicians as well as to researchers and has already been referred to explicitly in my previous paper, but the wording of “vector diagnosis” appears better in that it is impressive and represents the essential part of its idea clearly and correctly.

 Specifically, however, Mitnitski et al's methodology has some limits and problematic issues, among which the issue of diagnostic categories is the most serious one. In addition to the nosological classification factor, the degree of seriousness and the probability of diagnosis factors were also used for diagnosis, making the categorization too complicated and possibly unreasonable. It has often been pointed out that diseases have their own specific natural history. Clinicians who meet with a disease at its earliest stage will have to keep observing the course of the disease thereafter for months or even for years to make a correct diagnosis, because its clinical picture may be too immature at that stage. It is in such situations that the Bayesian methodology shows itself at its best. Thus, it should be emphasized that diagnostic categories in the vector diagnosis include the natural history or clinical course component more fully. If such definitions are employed, the idea will be not only useful but also enlightening for clinicians.


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