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. 2018 Feb;153(2):575-578.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.040.

The Impact of Fluctuations in Pack-Year Smoking History in the Electronic Health Record on Lung Cancer Screening Practices

Yasir Tarabichi  1 , Daniel J Kats  2 , David C Kaelber  3 , J Daryl Thornton  4
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The Impact of Fluctuations in Pack-Year Smoking History in the Electronic Health Record on Lung Cancer Screening Practices

Yasir Tarabichi et al. Chest. 2018 Feb.
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Figure 1
A violin plot demonstrating the discrepancy between last pack-year documentation for each encounter compared with the maximum previously documented for patients seen after the electronic health record documented pack-year history was dropped to < 30 pack-years. The shaded areas represent the probability distribution of the maximum documented pack-years for each group and filled circles correspond to outliers. Box plots were overlaid to demonstrate the median value (horizontal bar), interquartile range (box), and 95% CI (vertical lines). EHR = electronic health record.
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