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Accuracy of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests: A Meta-analysis by CHARTRAND, Caroline, LEEFLANG, Mariska M. G, MINION, Jessica, BREWER, Timothy, PAI, Madhukar

“…Timely diagnosis of influenza can help clinical management. To examine the accuracy of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) in adults and children with…”
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QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies by WHITING, Penny F, RUTJES, Anne W. S, WESTWOOD, Marie E, MALLETT, Susan, DEEKS, Jonathan J, REITSMA, Johannes B, LEEFLANG, Mariska M. G, STERNE, Jonathan A. C, BOSSUYT, Patrick M. M

“…In 2003, the QUADAS tool for systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies was developed. Experience, anecdotal reports, and feedback suggested areas for…”
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Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy by LEEFLANG, Mariska M. G, DEEKS, Jonathan J, GATSONIS, Constantine, BOSSUYT, Patrick M. M

“…More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published, but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the…”
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Diagnostic performance of narrowed spectrum endoscopy, autofluorescence imaging, and confocal laser endomicroscopy for optical diagnosis of colonic polyps: a meta-analysis by Wanders, Linda K, MD, East, James E, MD(Res), Uitentuis, Sanne E, BSc, Leeflang, Mariska M G, MSc, Dekker, Evelien, Prof

“…Summary Background Novel endoscopic technologies could allow optical diagnosis and resection of colonic polyps without histopathological testing. Our aim was…”
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Empirical Evidence of the Importance of Comparative Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy by TAKWOINGI, Yemisi, LEEFLANG, Mariska M. G, DEEKS, Jonathan J

“…Systematic reviews that "compare" the accuracy of 2 or more tests often include different sets of studies for each test. To investigate the availability of…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of three ultrasonography strategies for deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kraaijpoel, Noémie, Carrier, Marc, Le Gal, Grégoire, McInnes, Matthew D F, Salameh, Jean-Paul, McGrath, Trevor A, van Es, Nick, Moher, David, Büller, Harry R, Bossuyt, Patrick M, Leeflang, Mariska M G

“…Compression ultrasonography (CUS) is the first-line imaging test in the diagnostic management of suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremity…”
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Bias in Sensitivity and Specificity Caused by Data-Driven Selection of Optimal Cutoff Values: Mechanisms, Magnitude, and Solutions by Leeflang, Mariska M.G, Moons, Karel G.M, Reitsma, Johannes B, Zwinderman, Aielko H

“…Optimal cutoff values for tests results involving continuous variables are often derived in a data-driven way. This approach, however, may lead to overly…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of qPCR and microscopy for cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Ecuador: A Bayesian latent class analysis by Bezemer, Jacob M, Merckx, Joanna, Freire Paspuel, Byron P, Calvopiña, Manuel, de Vries, Henry J. C, Schallig, Henk D. F. H, Leeflang, Mariska M. G, Dendukuri, Nandini

“…Background Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is hampered by under-ascertainment of direct microscopy. Methods This study…”
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Galactomannan detection for invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients by Leeflang, Mariska M G, Debets-Ossenkopp, Yvette J, Wang, Junfeng, Visser, Caroline E, Scholten, Rob J P M, Hooft, Lotty, Bijlmer, Henk A, Reitsma, Johannes B, Zhang, Mingming, Bossuyt, Patrick M M, Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M

“…Invasive aspergillosis is the most common life-threatening opportunistic invasive mycosis in immunocompromised patients. A test for invasive aspergillosis…”
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Applying Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) to diagnostic tests was challenging but doable by Gopalakrishna, Gowri, Mustafa, Reem A, Davenport, Clare, Scholten, Rob J.P.M, Hyde, Christopher, Brozek, Jan, Schünemann, Holger J, Bossuyt, Patrick M.M, Leeflang, Mariska M.G, Langendam, Miranda W

“…Abstract Objectives The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group developed an approach to assess the quality of…”
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Procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate for the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis in children by Shaikh, Nader, Borrell, Jessica L, Evron, Josh, Leeflang, Mariska M G

“…In children with urinary tract infection (UTI), only those with pyelonephritis (and not cystitis) are at risk for developing long-term renal sequelae. If…”
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Circulating antigen tests and urine reagent strips for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis in endemic areas by Ochodo, Eleanor A, Gopalakrishna, Gowri, Spek, Bea, Reitsma, Johannes B, van Lieshout, Lisette, Polman, Katja, Lamberton, Poppy, Bossuyt, Patrick M M, Leeflang, Mariska M G

“…Point-of-care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests. If they had…”
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Prospective evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of human leptospirosis by Goris, Marga G A, Leeflang, Mariska M G, Loden, Martin, Wagenaar, Jiri F P, Klatser, Paul R, Hartskeerl, Rudy A, Boer, Kimberly R

“…Diagnosis of leptospirosis by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) or by culture is confined to specialized laboratories. Although ELISA techniques are…”
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Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement by McInnes, Matthew D. F, Moher, David, Thombs, Brett D, McGrath, Trevor A, Bossuyt, Patrick M, Clifford, Tammy, Cohen, Jérémie F, Deeks, Jonathan J, Gatsonis, Constantine, Hooft, Lotty, Hunt, Harriet A, Hyde, Christopher J, Korevaar, Daniël A, Leeflang, Mariska M. G, Macaskill, Petra, Reitsma, Johannes B, Rodin, Rachel, Rutjes, Anne W. S, Salameh, Jean-Paul, Stevens, Adrienne, Takwoingi, Yemisi, Tonelli, Marcello, Weeks, Laura, Whiting, Penny, Willis, Brian H

“…IMPORTANCE: Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy synthesize data from primary diagnostic studies that have evaluated the accuracy of 1 or more index…”
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Measuring the impact of screening automation on meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy by Norman, Christopher R, Leeflang, Mariska M G, Porcher, Raphaël, Névéol, Aurélie

“…The large and increasing number of new studies published each year is making literature identification in systematic reviews ever more time-consuming and…”
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Application of weighting methods for presenting risk-of-bias assessments in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies by Vali, Yasaman, Leeflang, Mariska M G, Bossuyt, Patrick M M

“…An assessment of the validity of individual diagnostic accuracy studies in systematic reviews is necessary to guide the analysis and the interpretation of…”
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Defining the clinical pathway in cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews by Gopalakrishna, G, Langendam, Miranda W, Scholten, Rob J P M, Bossuyt, Patrick M M, Leeflang, Mariska M G

“…The value of a medical test depends on the context in which it might be used. Ideally, questions, results and conclusions of a diagnostic test accuracy (DTA)…”
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Assessing variability in results in systematic reviews of diagnostic studies by Naaktgeboren, Christiana A, Ochodo, Eleanor A, Van Enst, Wynanda A, de Groot, Joris A H, Hooft, Lotty, Leeflang, Mariska M G, Bossuyt, Patrick M, Moons, Karel G M, Reitsma, Johannes B

“…To describe approaches used in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies for assessing variability in estimates of accuracy between studies and to…”
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Correction: A framework for evaluating long-term impact of newborn screening by Kalkman, Shona, Wevers, Ron A, Wijburg, Frits A, Leeflang, Mariska M G

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QUADAS-C: A Tool for Assessing Risk of Bias in Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy Studies by Yang, Bada, Mallett, Sue, Takwoingi, Yemisi, Davenport, Clare F, Hyde, Christopher J, Whiting, Penny F, Deeks, Jonathan J, Leeflang, Mariska M G, Bossuyt, Patrick M M, Brazzelli, Miriam G, Dinnes, Jacqueline, Gurusamy, Kurinchi S, Jones, Hayley E, Lange, Stefan, Langendam, Miranda W, Macaskill, Petra, McInnes, Matthew D F, Reitsma, Johannes B, Rutjes, Anne W S, Sinclair, Alison, de Vet, Henrica C W, Virgili, Gianni, Wade, Ros, Westwood, Marie E

“…Comparative diagnostic test accuracy studies assess and compare the accuracy of 2 or more tests in the same study. Although these studies have the potential to…”
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