作者
Joseph Romagnuolo, Marc Bardou, Elham Rahme, Lawrence Joseph, Caroline Reinhold, Alan N Barkun
发表日期
2003/10/7
期刊
Annals of internal medicine
卷号
139
期号
7
页码范围
547-557
出版商
American College of Physicians
简介
Background
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is one of many newer noninvasive tests that can image the biliary tree.
Purpose
To precisely estimate the overall sensitivity and specificity of MRCP in suspected biliary obstruction and to evaluate clinically important subgroups.
Data Sources
MEDLINE search (January 1987 to March 2003) for studies in English or French, bibliographies, and subject matter experts.
Study Selection
Studies were included if they allowed construction of 22 contingency tables of MRCP compared with a reasonable gold standard for at least 1 of the following: the presence, level, or cause of biliary obstruction.
Data Extraction
Two independent observers graded study quality, which included consecutive enrollment, blinding, use …
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