Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies are fundamental to the
decision making process in evidence based medicine. Although such studies are regarded …

Introduction Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is regarded as a prodrome to dementia.
Various cognitive tests can help with diagnosis; meta‐analysis of diagnostic accuracy …

At present chronic liver disease (CLD), the third commonest cause of premature death in the
United Kingdom is detected late, when interventions are ineffective, resulting in …

Abstract Background and Aims Studies often rely upon self‐report and biological testing
methods for measuring illicit drug use, although evidence for their agreement is limited to …

Background Mounting evidence indicates that early recognition and treatment of behavioral
health disorders can prevent complications, improve quality of life, and help reduce health …

Background Chest X‐ray (CXR) is a longstanding method for the diagnosis of pneumothorax
but chest ultrasonography (CUS) may be a safer, more rapid, and more accurate modality in …

Background In meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy, routinely only one pair of
sensitivity and specificity per study is used. However, for tests based on a biomarker or a …

Background This study is to perform a systematic review of existing guidance on quality of
reporting and methodology for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) in order …

Introduction Up to 32% of patients with esophageal cancer show a pathological complete
response (ypCR) after neoadjuvant therapy. To prevent overtreatment, the indication to …

The current systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out to compare the diagnostic
accuracy of pulp vitality and pulp sensibility tests in assessing pulpal health …