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Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines

BACKGROUND: Although guidelines for critical appraisal of diagnostic research and meta-analyses have already been published, these may be difficult to understand for clinical researchers or do not provide enough detailed information. METHODS: Development of guidelines based on a systematic review of...

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Autores principales: Devillé, Walter L, Buntinx, Frank, Bouter, Lex M, Montori, Victor M, de Vet, Henrica CW, van der Windt, Danielle AWM, Bezemer, P Dick
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12097142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-2-9
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author Devillé, Walter L
Buntinx, Frank
Bouter, Lex M
Montori, Victor M
de Vet, Henrica CW
van der Windt, Danielle AWM
Bezemer, P Dick
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Buntinx, Frank
Bouter, Lex M
Montori, Victor M
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description BACKGROUND: Although guidelines for critical appraisal of diagnostic research and meta-analyses have already been published, these may be difficult to understand for clinical researchers or do not provide enough detailed information. METHODS: Development of guidelines based on a systematic review of the evidence in reports of systematic searches of the literature for diagnostic research, of methodological criteria to evaluate diagnostic research, of methods for statistical pooling of data on diagnostic accuracy, and of methods for exploring heterogeneity. RESULTS: Guidelines for conducting diagnostic systematic reviews are presented in a stepwise fashion and are followed by comments providing further information. Examples are given using the results of two systematic reviews on the accuracy of the urine dipstick in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections, and on the accuracy of the straight-leg-raising test in the diagnosis of intervertebral disc hernia.
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spelling pubmed-1172432002-07-18 Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines Devillé, Walter L Buntinx, Frank Bouter, Lex M Montori, Victor M de Vet, Henrica CW van der Windt, Danielle AWM Bezemer, P Dick BMC Med Res Methodol Research Article BACKGROUND: Although guidelines for critical appraisal of diagnostic research and meta-analyses have already been published, these may be difficult to understand for clinical researchers or do not provide enough detailed information. METHODS: Development of guidelines based on a systematic review of the evidence in reports of systematic searches of the literature for diagnostic research, of methodological criteria to evaluate diagnostic research, of methods for statistical pooling of data on diagnostic accuracy, and of methods for exploring heterogeneity. RESULTS: Guidelines for conducting diagnostic systematic reviews are presented in a stepwise fashion and are followed by comments providing further information. Examples are given using the results of two systematic reviews on the accuracy of the urine dipstick in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections, and on the accuracy of the straight-leg-raising test in the diagnosis of intervertebral disc hernia. BioMed Central 2002-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC117243/ /pubmed/12097142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-2-9 Text en Copyright © 2002 Devillé et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117243/
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