Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study
Hepcidin detects iron deficiency in Sri Lankan adolescents with a high burden of haemoglobinopathy: a diagnostic test accuracy study
... this study was enriched with patients likely to carry hemoglobinopathies, the population prevalence of ane- mia and iron de fi ciency in Sri Lanka is even lower ...present diagnostic test ...
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Hepcidin detects iron deficiency in Sri Lankan adolescents with a high burden of haemoglobinopathy: a diagnostic test accuracy study
... largest diagnostic test accuracy study of hepcidin yet performed, measuring hepcidin in almost 2300 children along with gold standards and potential inflammatory and genetic influences on ...
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Protocol for diagnostic test accuracy study: the efficacy of screening for common dental diseases by Dental Care Professionals
... Both DCPs and GDPs will attend a compulsory training day, which will cover recruitment, consenting, screening process and patient record form completion. Stock pho- tographs will be utilised to inform the screening for ...
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Improving search efficiency for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy: an exploratory study to assess the viability of limiting to MEDLINE, EMBASE and reference checking.
... The reported searches were constructed according to standard principles, but more sensitive searches might have had the potential to identify all of the indexed and included citations in each of these four reviews and to ...
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An algorithm for the classification of study designs to assess diagnostic, prognostic and predictive test accuracy in systematic reviews
... on test cali- bration and studies on test reliability (e.g. test-retest ...compare accuracy of at least to tests using the same reference standard or studies that com- pare the impact of ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of non-mydriatic fundus camera for screening of diabetic retinopathy: A hospital based observational study in Pakistan
... Data analysis was performed using SPSS 20. All continuous variables were presented as mean± standard deviation (SD). All categorical variables were expressed as frequencies and percentages. Chi square test and ...
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Repeatability and validity of a standardised maximal step up test for leg function a diagnostic accuracy study
... this study was MSH where the mean of right and left leg was ...third test occasions, were analysed using a repeated measures ANOVA to estimate the within-subject standard devia- tion for further calculation ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Drop-Peroxide Test to Differentiate Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion
... this test are believed to be equivalent to the widely used Light’s criteria that are 98% and ...peroxide test. Lesho EP et al., in his study of 42 samples, concluded that the determination of pleural ...
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Tourniquet Test for Dengue Diagnosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy.
... considering variability within-study and between-study. The output results are random effects estimates of the mean sensitivity and specificity with corresponding 95% CI. The weighing con- sidered the ...
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The pectoralis minor length test: a study of the intra rater reliability and diagnostic accuracy in subjects with and without shoulder symptoms
... length test distance ranges from ...length test distance was measured in 90 subjects (or 180 shoulders) and the minimum distance recorded was ...this test was found to be 100% which is considered ...
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Is rapid diagnostic test (malaria Pv/Pf Ag card test) reliable in diagnosing malaria
... This study was planned to compare the gold standard ...rapid diagnostic test (malaria plasmodium falciparum/ plasmodium vivax antigen card) to know the diagnostic accuracy of Rapid ...
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Diagnostic accuracy in field conditions of the sickle SCAN® rapid test for sickle cell disease among children and adults in two West African settings: the DREPATEST study
... Our study has three ...the test already suggests that such phenotypes cannot be recog- nized because their definition requires the determination of minor fractions of hemoglobin (HbF and HbA2), red cell ...
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Modelling multiple thresholds in meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies
... There are a number of published systematic reviews where several studies reported more than one threshold and the corresponding values of sensitivity and specificity, and also the thresholds were provided (see for ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic features for lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a single center retrospective study
... and accuracy for each US characteristic suspicious for malignancy were ...The diagnostic accuracy of predictions of malignancy was calculated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) ...
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Measuring the impact of screening automation on meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy
... this study, we assume that searching only PubMed is similarly unbiased for diagnos- tic test accuracy, but we are aware of no studies examining this ...
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Role of magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasound for detection of plantar plate tear
... This study adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines ...original study, published in a peer reviewed journal, which accessed the diagnostic ...
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Diagnostic accuracy studies: how to report and analyse inconclusive test results.
... inconclusive test results have been relatively neglected in diagnostic accuracy ...reported diagnostic accuracy study will allow readers to fully understand if and how ...
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Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews
... the accuracy of a test can vary in different ...instance, study design may affect estimated accuracy, and there is no ‘best’ design analogous to the use of the randomized trial to compare ...
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Evaluation of Commercial Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit for Tuberculosis: Further Evidence Supporting Negative Policy on the Use of Serological Tests for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Developing Countries
... This study prospectively assessed the diagnostic accuracy of one of the tuberculosis RDTs locally available in the ...immunochromatographic test for the detection of antibodies to TB present ...
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<p>Diagnostic accuracy of HIV test kits, Genscreen Ultra and Bioelisa</p>
... the study to report the diagnostic accuracy of the test kits with diversified population ...the test kits to be used in Ethiopia was validated and challenged with all the HIV type that ...
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