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6 Evaluating diagnostic tests

A capture-recapture analysis demonstrated that randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of diagnostic tests on patient outcomes are rare.

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6-7 year old children: the WAVES study protocol ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

A critical appraisal of the Australian comparative trial of methadone and buprenorphine maintenance.

scientific article

A one-item question with a Likert or Visual Analog Scale adequately measured current anxiety

scientific article published on 27 December 2006

A randomised, double-blind, controlled trial of the immunogenicity and tolerability of a meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine in young British infants

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

A review of rate control in atrial fibrillation, and the rationale and protocol for the RATE-AF trial

scientific article

A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals

scientific article

A simplified 4-site economical intradermal post-exposure rabies vaccine regimen: a randomised controlled comparison with standard methods

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

A systematic review of positron emission tomography (PET) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the diagnosis of breast cancer recurrence

scientific article published on October 2010

A unification of models for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies

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Accuracy of history, wheezing, and forced expiratory time in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review

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Accuracy of single progesterone test to predict early pregnancy outcome in women with pain or bleeding: meta-analysis of cohort studies

scientific article

Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Nonspecific Morbidity in Infants and Their Families

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Adjusted indirect comparison for estimating relative effects of competing healthcare interventions

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Adjusted indirect comparison for estimating relative effects of competing healthcare interventions

scientific article (publication date: 23 May 2016)

Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

An assessment of the publicly disseminated evidence of safety used in decisions to withdraw medicinal products from the UK and US markets.

scientific article

An empirical comparison of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy showed hierarchical models are necessary

scientific article

An international survey and modified Delphi process revealed editors' perceptions, training needs, and ratings of competency-related statements for the development of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

An update of the Cochrane systematic review of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in nonulcer dyspepsia: resolving the discrepancy between systematic reviews.

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Analysing Data and Undertaking Meta-Analyses

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Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome

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Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome: generic protocol

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Applicability and feasibility of systematic review for performing evidence-based risk assessment in food and feed safety

scientific article published on January 2015

Assessing the value of diagnostic tests: a framework for designing and evaluating trials

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Assessment by prolonged ambulatory manometry of the effect of oral cisapride on proximal small bowel inter-digestive motility

scientific article published on October 1, 1992

Authors' reply re: Ultrasound bladder wall thickness and detrusor overactivity: a multicentre test accuracy study

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

BAlloon versus Stenting in severe Ischaemia of the Leg-3 (BASIL-3): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Band slippage and erosion after laparoscopic gastric banding: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 31 July 2010

Below the surface: Parents' views on the factors that influence treatment adherence in paediatric burn scar management - A qualitative study

scientific article

Bivariate meta-analysis of predictive values of diagnostic tests can be an alternative to bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity.

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Bladder ultrasonography for diagnosing detrusor overactivity: test accuracy study and economic evaluation

scientific article published in January 2016

Bypass versus angio plasty in severe ischaemia of the leg - 2 (BASIL-2) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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CT colonography in the detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposed minimum data set for study level reporting

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Cellular immune correlates of protection against symptomatic pandemic influenza.

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Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation

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Changes in the leucocyte count during and after brief intense exercise

scientific article published in January 1992

Characterization of distal colonic motility in early postoperative period and effect of colonic anastomosis

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Co-proxamol and suicide: a study of national mortality statistics and local non-fatal self poisonings

scientific article

Cochrane Column * Rapid diagnostic tests can extend access of diagnostic services for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria * Commentary: Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in endemic countries (R

scientific article published on June 2012

Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews

scientific article

Comparison of T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a school tuberculosis outbreak

scientific article

Comparison of range of commercial or primary care led weight reduction programmes with minimal intervention control for weight loss in obesity: lighten Up randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Computer-assisted diagnosis techniques (dermoscopy and spectroscopy-based) for diagnosing skin cancer in adults

scientific article published on 4 December 2018

Concerning: 'The number needed to treat needs an associated odds estimation'

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Controlled ovarian stimulation protocols for assisted reproduction: a network meta-analysis

Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Dermoscopy, with and without visual inspection, for diagnosing melanoma in adults.

scientific article published on 4 December 2018

Development and Validation of a Combined Hypoxia and Immune Prognostic Classifier for Head and Neck Cancer

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Development and initial validation of a simple clinical decision tool to predict the presence of heart failure in primary care: the MICE (Male, Infarction, Crepitations, Edema) rule

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Development of a combined database for meta-epidemiological research

scientific article

Development of a combined database for meta-epidemiological research

scholarly article by Jelena Savović et al published March 2011 in Research Synthesis Methods

Diabetes mellitus and latent tuberculosis infection: baseline analysis of a large UK cohort.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T-cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study

scientific article

Diagnostic accuracy of spot urinary protein and albumin to creatinine ratios for detection of significant proteinuria or adverse pregnancy outcome in patients with suspected pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios

scientific article

Does research make better doctors?

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Doug Altman's legacy to Cochrane and evidence synthesis

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Dynamic Antigen-specific T-Cell Responses after Point-Source Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Dynamic relationship between IFN-gamma and IL-2 profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells and antigen load

scientific article published on April 2007

Effect Measures for Meta-Analysis of Trials with Binary Outcomes

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Effect of BCG vaccination on risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact: a prospective community-based study

scientific article published in October 2005

Effect of antenatal peer support on breastfeeding initiation: a systematic review

scientific article

Effect of cisapride on distal colonic motility in the early postoperative period following left colonic anastomosis

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Effect of needle size on immunogenicity and reactogenicity of vaccines in infants: randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists on mortality and renal outcomes in diabetic nephropathy: systematic review

scientific article published on 30 September 2004

Efficacy, tolerability, and upper gastrointestinal safety of celecoxib for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

scientific article

Empirical Evidence of the Importance of Comparative Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

scientific article published on April 2, 2013

Evidence of methodological bias in hospital standardised mortality ratios: retrospective database study of English hospitals.

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

External validation of the OHTS-EGPS model for predicting the 5-year risk of open-angle glaucoma in ocular hypertensives

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

First trimester ultrasound tests alone or in combination with first trimester serum tests for Down's syndrome screening

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Gamma-aminobutyric acid agonists for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia

scientific article (published 2004-10-18)

Graphical presentation of diagnostic information.

scientific article

HIV and male circumcision--a systematic review with assessment of the quality of studies

scientific article

Health promotion in older Chinese: a 12-month cluster randomized controlled trial of pedometry and "peer support".

scientific article published in June 2012

Helicobacter Pylori: Populations And Cohorts

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Heritability of body mass index in pre-adolescence, young adulthood and late adulthood

scientific article published on 18 March 2012

Immune response to revaccination with meningococcal A and C polysaccharides in Gambian children following repeated immunisation during early childhood.

scientific article

Immunochromatography-based rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated malaria in endemic countries

scientific article

Immunologic memory 5 years after meningococcal A/C conjugate vaccination in infancy

scientific article published on 15 November 2000

Impact of adjustment for quality on results of metaanalyses of diagnostic accuracy.

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

Impact of analysing continuous outcomes using final values, change scores and analysis of covariance on the performance of meta-analytic methods: a simulation study.

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Improved diagnostic evaluation of suspected tuberculosis

scientific article published on March 2008

Improved diagnostic evaluation of suspected tuberculosis by use of t cell-based assay in routine practice

scholarly article by Davinder Dosanjh et al published April 2008 in Journal of Infection

In the context of performance monitoring, the caterpillar plot should be mothballed in favor of the funnel plot

scientific article published in July 2008

Including Non-Randomized Studies

Inconsistency between direct and indirect comparisons of competing interventions: meta-epidemiological study

scientific article published on 16 August 2011

Increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in household child contacts exposed to passive tobacco smoke

scientific article published in December 2014

Individual participant data meta-analyses should not ignore clustering

scientific article

Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials

scientific article published in September 2012

Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses.

scientific article published on 10 February 2011

Interpreting Results and Drawing Conclusions

scholarly article

Investigating the effect of ethnicity on IVF outcome

scientific article

Issues in the selection of a summary statistic for meta-analysis of clinical trials with binary outcomes

scientific article (publication date: 15 June 2002)

Issues relating to study design and risk of bias when including non-randomized studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Imaging for the diagnosis of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal masses: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

MRI Versus CT for Detection of Acute Vascular Lesions in Patients Presenting With Stroke Symptoms

MRI versus laparoscopy to diagnose the main causes of chronic pelvic pain in women: a test-accuracy study and economic evaluation

article published in 2018

MRI-Targeted or Standard Biopsy for Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis

scientific article published on 18 March 2018

Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms

scientific article

Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms

scientific article (published 2008-10-08)

Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men

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Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men

scientific article (published 2003-07-21)

Maternal exercise and growth in breastfed infants: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

scientific article

Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

scientific article (publication date: 6 September 2003)

Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies in mental health

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Meta-analysis of randomised trials with a continuous outcome according to baseline imbalance and availability of individual participant data

scientific article

Meta-analysis of test accuracy studies: an exploratory method for investigating the impact of missing thresholds

scientific article published on 04 February 2015

Meta-analysis, Simpson's paradox, and the number needed to treat

scientific article

Methods Used in Economic Evaluations of Chronic Kidney Disease Testing - A Systematic Review ⬇️

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Methods for the evaluation of biomarkers in patients with kidney and liver diseases: multicentre research programme including ELUCIDATE RCT ⬇️

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Much ado about nothing: a comparison of the performance of meta-analytical methods with rare events.

scientific article

Multi-laboratory comparison of eight commercially availableHelicobacter pylori serology kits

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

No evidence of bias in the process of publication of diagnostic accuracy studies in stroke submitted as abstracts

scientific article

Novel M tuberculosis antigen-specific T-cells are early markers of infection and disease progression

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Oral [111In]DTPA scintigraphic assessment of colonic transit in constipated subjects.

scientific article published in June 1993

Outcome in fetal lower urinary tract obstruction: a prospective registry study

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Outcomes important to burns patients during scar management and how they compare to the concepts captured in burn-specific patient reported outcome measures

scientific article

Percutaneous vesicoamniotic shunting versus conservative management for fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (PLUTO): a randomised trial.

scientific article

Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data

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Predicting recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a systematic review of prognostic models

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Preface

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement

scientific article published in January 2018

Preventing childhood obesity, phase II feasibility study focusing on South Asians: BEACHeS. ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Problems of variable biomarker evaluation in stratified medicine research--A case study of ERCC1 in non-small-cell lung cancer

scientific article

Prognostic models for predicting incident or recurrent atrial fibrillation: protocol for a systematic review

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Prognostic value of a T-cell-based, interferon-gamma biomarker in children with tuberculosis contact

scientific article published on 20 October 2008

Prognostic value of interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in predicting the development of active tuberculosis (UK PREDICT TB): a prospective cohort study

scholarly article by Ibrahim Abubakar et al published October 2018 in Lancet Infectious Diseases

Pulse Oximetry Screening for Congenital Heart Defects in Newborn Infants (Pulseox)

Pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: a test accuracy study with evaluation of acceptability and cost-effectiveness

scientific article published in January 2012

Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart defects in newborn infants (PulseOx): a test accuracy study

scientific article published on 4 August 2011

QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

scientific article (publication date: 18 October 2011)

ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in endemic countries

scientific article published on 6 July 2011

Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated non-falciparum or Plasmodium vivax malaria in endemic countries

scientific article

Re sodium cromoglicate: an ineffective drug or meta-analysis misused?

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS): protocol for a prospective longitudinal test accuracy study to validate new risk scores in women with symptoms of suspected ovarian cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 August 2016

Relative effectiveness of clinic and home blood pressure monitoring compared with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in diagnosis of hypertension: systematic review.

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Reporting on covariate adjustment in randomised controlled trials before and after revision of the 2001 CONSORT statement: a literature review

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

Reporting studies on time to diagnosis: proposal of a guideline by an international panel (REST). ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Reproducibility of the transvaginal sonographic assessment of bladder wall thickness

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Research waste in diagnostic trials: a methods review evaluating the reporting of test-treatment interventions

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Response to commentary: dealing with heterogeneity in meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy

scientific article published in November 2008

Risks of delivery during the 20th to the 36th week of gestation.

scientific article published in June 1991

Schizophrenia and deliberate self-harm: a systematic review of risk factors

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Schizophrenia and suicide: systematic review of risk factors

scientific article

Screening tests for detecting open-angle glaucoma: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Second trimester serum tests for Down's Syndrome screening

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Selecting Studies and Collecting Data

scholarly article

Serum HE4 and diagnosis of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women with adnexal masses

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Smartphone applications for triaging adults with skin lesions that are suspicious for melanoma

scientific article published on 4 December 2018

Special Topics in Statistics

Statistical Methods for Examining Heterogeneity and Combining Results from Several Studies in Meta-Analysis

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Statistical heterogeneity in systematic reviews of clinical trials: a critical appraisal of guidelines and practice.

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Steroid metabolome analysis reveals prevalent glucocorticoid excess in primary aldosteronism

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Stratified medicine in European Medicines Agency licensing: a systematic review of predictive biomarkers

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Studies on the immediate and delayed leucocytosis elicited by brief (30-min) strenuous exercise

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Suicide in psychiatric hospital in-patients. Risk factors and their predictive power

scientific article published in March 2000

Summarising and validating test accuracy results across multiple studies for use in clinical practice

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Surveillance for ocular hypertension: an evidence synthesis and economic evaluation

scientific article

Symptoms, ultrasound imaging and biochemical markers alone or in combination for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms suspicious of ovarian cancer

scientific article

Systematic Reviews of Evaluations of Diagnostic and Screening Tests

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Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnosis of heart failure, with modelling of implications of different diagnostic strategies in primary care

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Systematic review of effect of community-level interventions to reduce maternal mortality

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Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy

scientific article published on December 2008

Systematic reviews of diagnostic tests in cancer: review of methods and reporting

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Systematic reviews of published evidence: Miracles or minefields? ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1998

T cell-based tracking of multidrug resistant tuberculosis infection after brief exposure

scientific article published on 6 May 2004

Test-treatment RCTs are sheep in wolves' clothing (Letter commenting on: J Clin Epidemiol. 2014;67:612–21)

scientific article published on 28 June 2015

Test-treatment RCTs are susceptible to bias: a review of the methodological quality of randomized trials that evaluate diagnostic tests

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Testing and Treating Women after Unsuccessful Conservative Treatments for Overactive Bladder or Mixed Urinary Incontinence: A Model-Based Economic Evaluation Based on the BUS Study

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Tests to assist in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma in adults: a generic protocol

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Tests to assist in the diagnosis of keratinocyte skin cancers in adults: a generic protocol

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Tests to assist in the staging of cutaneous melanoma: a generic protocol ⬇️

Tests to assist in the staging of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a generic protocol

The Cohort Effect and Helicobacter pylori

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

The Moses-Littenberg meta-analytical method generates systematic differences in test accuracy compared to hierarchical meta-analytical models

scientific article

The Percutaneous shunting in Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction (PLUTO) study and randomised controlled trial: evaluation of the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of percutaneous vesicoamniotic shunting for lower urinary tract obstruc

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The REFER (REFer for EchocaRdiogram) protocol: a prospective validation of a clinical decision rule, NT-proBNP, or their combination, in the diagnosis of heart failure in primary care. Rationale and design

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The West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children (WAVES) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted obesity prevention intervention programme targe

scientific article published in February 2018

The basis for monitoring strategies in clinical guidelines: a case study of prostate-specific antigen for monitoring in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

The challenges of interventional trials in fetal therapy

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

The eGFR-C study: accuracy of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation using creatinine and cystatin C and albuminuria for monitoring disease progression in patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease--prospective longitudinal study in a multiet ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 January 2014

The effectiveness and safety of vaccines against human anthrax: a systematic review

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The impact of urodynamics on treatment and outcomes in women with an overactive bladder: a longitudinal prospective follow-up study

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed.

scientific article published in September 2005

The prevalence of suicidal phenomena in adolescents: a systematic review of population-based studies

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The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice.

scientific article

Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19

publication published on 16 March 2021

Three methods to construct predictive models using logistic regression and likelihood ratios to facilitate adjustment for pretest probability give similar results

scientific article published on 16 July 2007

Two interferon gamma release assays for predicting active tuberculosis: the UK PREDICT TB prognostic test study

article by Ibrahim Abubakar et al published October 2018 in Health Technology Assessment

UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings

scientific article published on 29 October 2004

Urine Steroid Metabolomics as a Novel Tool for Detection of Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Urine tests for Down's syndrome screening

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Use of T cell-based diagnosis of tuberculosis infection to optimize interpretation of tuberculin skin testing for child tuberculosis contacts

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Using evaluations of diagnostic tests: understanding their limitations and making the most of available evidence.

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Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis

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Uterotonic drugs to prevent postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Vaccines for preventing cholera: killed whole cell or other subunit vaccines (injected)

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Validation testing to determine the sensitivity of lateral flow testing for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 detection in low prevalence settings: Testing frequency and public health messaging is key

scientific article published in April 2021

Validity of indirect comparison for estimating efficacy of competing interventions: empirical evidence from published meta-analyses

scientific article

What is the best glomerular filtration marker to identify people with chronic kidney disease most likely to have poor outcomes?

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

When Should a New Test Become the Current Reference Standard?

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Word limits best explain failings of industry supported meta-analyses

scientific article published in November 2006

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