… research question and to the available evidence. The objective of … study was to review the
systematic reviews in laboratory medicine, to evaluate the methods applied in these reviews …

… also depends crucially on whether the included studies are an unbiased selection. As with
all reviews, systematic reviews of diagnostic tests are susceptible to publication bias, and this …

… In summary, systematic reviews of diagnostic literature on a given clinical condition allow us
… tests (including history, physical examination and tests) that have diagnostic value. These …

… face when reviewing diagnostic test literature: finding relevant studies, assessing methodologic
quality of diagnostic accuracy studies, and synthesizing studies that evaluate tests in …

… all reviews we evaluated 34 items at the review and study level… items examining questions
at review, study, and individual test … test, we selected the test reported in the largest number of …

… It is also possible that some previously identified methods may now … systematic review is
to review new and existing methods employed to evaluate the test performance of medical test(s…

… Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic
tests (we will refer to them generically as diagnostic systematic reviews) are appearing more …

… We excluded any study designed to evaluate serologic tests as a means to assess cure of …
purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the performance of diagnostic tests in patients …

… performing a systematic review and metaanalysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies, thereby
… We illustrate this with a recently published systematic review on diagnostic decision rules …

… Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic
tests (we will refer to them generically as diagnostic systematic reviews) are appearing more …