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Using ROC curves in clinical investigation. Theoretical and practical issues
(SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2012)
Numerous diagnostic tests report their results quantitatively, using continuous scales. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis provides a statistical method for the assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of ...
Bayesian Estimation for Performance Measures of Two Diagnostic Tests in the Presence of Verification Bias
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS INCNEW YORK, 2010)
Sensitivity and specificity are measures that allow us to evaluate the performance of a diagnostic test. In practice, it is common to have situations where a proportion of selected individuals cannot have the real state ...
Availability of essential diagnostics at primary care public clinics in Peru
(Elsevier, 2020)
Even though the WHO Essential Medicines List has been published and updated for the last 40 years, diagnostics only got their due recognition in the last two years. WHO published the first Essential Diagnostics List (EDL) ...
Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria Diagnosis in the Peruvian Amazon: Impact of pfhrp2 Gene Deletions and Cross-Reactions
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: In the Peruvian Amazon, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria are endemic in rural areas, where microscopy is not available. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) provide quick and accurate diagnosis. ...
Two dependent diagnostic tests: Use of copula functions in the estimation of the prevalence and performance test parameters
In this paper, we introduce a Bayesian analysis to estimate the prevalence and performance test parameters of two diagnostic tests. We concentrated our interest in studies where the individuals with negative outcomes in ...
Revised diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: A unified set of criteria for neurocysticercosis (NCC) has helped to standardize its diagnosis in different settings. METHODS: Cysticercosis experts were convened to update current diagnostic criteria for NCC ...
Diagnostic value of bone marrow culture in typhoid fever
(Oxford University Press, 1979)
The diagnostic efficacy of bone-marrow culture, serial blood cultures and agglutination tests was compared in a prospective study of 60 patients with typhoid fever, two thirds of whom had received prior antibacterial ...
The accuracy of diagnostic tests for GH deficiency in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(BioScientifica, 2011)
Context: The diagnostic accuracy of tests used to diagnose GH deficiency (GHD) in adults is unclear. Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that provided data on the available diagnostic ...
Reproducibility of Diagnostic Criteria for Ventricular Neurocysticercosis
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)
In the letter “Reproducibility of Diagnostic Criteria for Ventricular Neurocysticercosis,” the authors manifest their unhappiness with the results of the systematic review we conducted to assess reliability of the revised ...
Expert elicitation of the diagnostic performance of two tests for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) surveillance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) broodstock in Chile
(2020)
The objective of this study was to obtain diagnostic performance estimates for immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) tests, for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) surveillance ...