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61. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a "Gold Standard" | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 01, 2012 - Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a "Gold Standard" Timeline … , 2012 Methods Guide – Chapter Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test … September 01, 2013 Presentation Options for Summarizing Medical Test

62. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … of a genetic test result.

63. Searching for Studies (ppt file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Test Review This figure presents an overview of the steps in the medical test review process. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … Methods guide for medical test reviews. … There also may be test overlap, in which case the test name alone may be insufficient. … As an example, think of the hematocrit test, also known as packed cell volume test.

64. Appendicitis Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2015 - When five or more sufficiently similar studies evaluated the test performance of the same test in the … Studies of Test Performance In general, studies of test performance were deemed to be at moderate to … Test Performance of Clinical Symptoms and Signs (in Isolation) Table A presents key test performance … Test Performance of Laboratory Tests (in Isolation) Table B presents key test performance results for … Summary estimates of test performance of diagnostic imaging for acute appendicitis Test Population

65. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Executive (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - Clinical Impacts of Test Results In children and adolescents aged 18 years or less with undiagnosed … presented forest plots to summarize the results for each test–disease pairing. … ) examined the prevalence of a positive IgM-RF test for pSLE. … pediatric patients who had an RF test and were seen at a children’s hospital. … A result of high Sp and low Sn was observed for almost all the test–disease combinations.

66. Imaging Tests to Check for Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 29, 2016 - Overview You have come to the emergency department and the emergency doctor has recommended an imaging test … If the first imaging test is not clear, you may need a second test. … In the past, a CT scan was often used as the first imaging test to check for kidney stones. … If you have an ultrasound first, you may need a second imaging test, which may be a CT scan. … How you feel about possibly needing a second imaging test.

67. Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Cyclic-Citrullinated Peptide Testing for the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Pediatric Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 29, 2010 - The rheumatoid factor (RF) test is the most commonly used serological test to determine the presence … A CCP test may also be ordered as a follow-up to a negative RF test when clinical signs, such as symmetrical … The ANA test is the primary screening test for SLE: an abnormal FANA titre with a homogeneous or speckled … represents a perfect test; an area of 0.5 represents a worthless test. … (ANA adj2 test*).ti,ab. (FANA adj2 test*).ti,ab.

68. Chronic-Kidney-Disease-Anemia-2011 Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - • Overall test accuracy: Overall accuracy of a test is expressed as area under the ROC curve (AUC) … • Test accuracy: Test accuracy refers to sensitivity (true positive rate) and specificity (true negative … rate) of a test. … ability or test agreement). … Low/ Insufficient (depending on the test comparisons, study populations, or test performance

69. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2006 - the risk that she has cancer even if the test is negative. … Notes: Sensitivity is the probability that a test is positive in those with the disease. … Specificity is the probability that a test is negative in those without the disease. … inevitably affects the specificity of the test. … to the test, it is used to calculate the risk of having the disease despite a negative test result.

70. Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Presentation September 1, 2013 … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

71. Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test Presentation September 1, … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

72. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” Presentation September 1 … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

73. Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews Presentation September 1, 2013 … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

74. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average Risk Adults. (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - In both cases the test performed poorly. … This test, ColoSure®, was developed and is provided by LabCorp as a laboratory developed test and is … as a fecal immunochemical test. … This test, ColoSure®, was developed and is provided by LabCorp as a laboratory developed test and is … All clinical validity (clinical test performance) is based on the analytic validity of the test.

75. Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 22, 2011 - Which test (or combination of tests or no test) provides the best guide for whether a patient should … Does the predictive accuracy of either the genetic or phenotypic test or the effectiveness of test-and-treatment … (modifying) predictive test performance, and the effectiveness of test-and-treatment strategies. … for small-study effects. 42 This test is often referred to as a test for publication bias; however, … Genetic test: For the purpose of this review we will adopt the definition of a genetic test proposed

76. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard Presentation September … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

77. Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2013 - Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies Presentation September 1, 2013 … investigators with the methodological framework and guidance outlined in the Methods Guide for Medical Test … This module is one of 12 in the collection, Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test

78. Thyroid Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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79. Genetic Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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80. Laboratory Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 25, 2013 - Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment Systematic Review Archived September 25, 2013 Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment Research Protocol Archived November 22, 2011 Stroke Pr…