Meta-analysis of diagnostic tests for
Bivariate meta-analysis of predictive values of diagnostic tests can be an alternative to bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity
... Objective: Meta-analysis of predictive values is usually discouraged because these values are directly affected by disease prevalence, but sensitivity and specificity sometimes show substantial ...
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A D-vine copula mixed model for joint meta-analysis and comparison of diagnostic tests
... for meta-analysis of diagnostic studies has mainly focused on a single ...more) diagnostic tests developed, where each of the tests is subject to several studies; ...competing ...
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Sensitivity of diagnostic tests for human soil-transmitted helminth infections: a meta-analysis in the absence of a true gold standard.
... class analysis a b s t r a c t Reliable, sensitive and practical diagnostic tests are an essential tool in disease control programmes for mapping, impact evaluation and ...available diagnostic ...
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Statistical methods for multivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic tests
... 84 situations in future research. Another limitation is the choice of priors for covariance matrices. In Bayesian multivariate GLMMs (Chapter 3 and 5), Wishart priors were used for the covariance matrices to ensure ...
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Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: A Meta-analysis
... RADTs in either adults or children. 9 The reasons for these differences in recom- mendations are not immediately clear, but may relate to differing opinions be- tween the expert groups as to the perceived necessity of ...
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Multivariate random effects meta-analysis of diagnostic tests with multiple thresholds
... the diagnostic test cannot be thought of as a continuous ...the analysis does not make sense in this case, since the exist- ence of study specific ROC curves is not assumed by the ...
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Proportional odds ratio model for comparison of diagnostic tests in meta-analysis
... When there is heterogeneity between a few studies for the same diagnostic test, one solution to absorb the extra between-study variation is to use a random/mixed effects model. However, Greenland [33] cautions ...
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Multivariate random effects meta-analysis of diagnostic tests with multiple thresholds
... Example 1: Fine-needle aspiration cytologic examination Giard and Hermans [19] present 29 studies evaluating the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytologic examination (FNAC) of the breast to assess the presence of ...
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Evaluation of rK39 rapid diagnostic tests for canine visceral leishmaniasis: longitudinal study and meta-analysis.
... these tests have important drawbacks for operational control programmes in resource-poor countries: testing requires technical skills and adequate sample storage prior to testing, and transport and laboratory ...
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Evaluation of rK39 rapid diagnostic tests for canine visceral leishmaniasis : longitudinal study and meta analysis
... these tests have important drawbacks for operational control programmes in resource-poor countries: testing requires technical skills and adequate sample storage prior to testing, and transport and laboratory ...
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Hybrid copula mixed models for combining case-control and cohort studies in meta-analysis of diagnostic tests
... bivariate) meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy stud- ies accounting (or not) for disease prevalence have been proposed in the biostatistics literature to synthesize ...bivariate ...
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Network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies identifies and ranks the optimal diagnostic tests and thresholds for healthcare policy and decision making
... both tests in the same patient population ...illustrating tests that have been under- taken in the same cohort of patients and thus, there is a within-study dependence between pairs of sensitivity and ...
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Health workers’ compliance to rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide malaria treatment: a systematic review and meta analysis
... Alinune N. Kabaghe 1,2 , Benjamin J. Visser 2,3* , Rene Spijker 4,5 , Kamija S. Phiri 1 , Martin P. Grobusch 2,3 and Michèle van Vugt 2* Abstract Background: The World Health Organization recommends malaria to be ...
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Systematic review and meta analysis: rapid diagnostic tests versus placental histology, microscopy and PCR for malaria in pregnant women
... The effects of Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium knowlesi infections in pregnancy are not well studied. P. falciparum infection during preg- nancy is estimated to cause 10,000 maternal deaths each year ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta analysis and review of the literature
... hepatitis C, diagnostic tests, and diagnostic accuracy. We searched MEDLINE (OVID interface, 1946 onwards), EMBASE (OVID interface, 1947 onwards), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect hepatitis B surface antigen: a systematic review of the literature and meta analysis
... Literature search strategies were developed by a med- ical librarian with expertise in systematic review search- ing, using a search algorithm consisting of terms for: hepatitis B, diagnostic tests, and ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in urine for genitourinary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta analysis
... Comorbidities within the populations studied were not reported in any of the articles selected. We were especially concerned about HIV patients, as it has been shown that accuracy of diagnostic tests varies ...
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NS1-based tests with diagnostic utility for confirming dengue infection: a meta-analysis
... STRIP Kit), it appears that the Dengue NS1 Ag STRIP Kit is the best method for confirming dengue due to its higher summarized sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, HSROC, etc. ( Table 4 ). This is followed by Platelia ...
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The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: a systematic review and meta analysis
... the tests for clinical ...the tests as used in practice require well-designed cross-sectional studies, done in the relevant clinical patient ...these tests and research into appropriate use of these ...
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Physical examination tests of the shoulder: a systematic review and meta analysis of diagnostic test performance
... Conclusions: The clinical performance of single PETS is limited. However, when the different PETS for SLAP lesions were pooled, we found a statistical significant change in post-test probability indicating an overall ...
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