Diagnostic Meta-Analysis A Useful Tool for Clinical Decision-Making /

This book is the first exclusively devoted to the systematic synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. It builds upon the major recent developments in reporting standards, search methods, and, in particular, statistical tools specifically devoted to diagnostic studies. In addition, it borrows e...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Epidemiology.
Biostatistics.
Statistics .
Clinical psychology.
Laboratory medicine.
ISBN:9783319789668
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Table of Contents:
  • SECTION I
  • 1. Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis
  • 2. The Evidence Hierarchy
  • 3. Peculiarities of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
  • 4. Meta-analyses of Clinical Trials vs Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
  • SECTION II
  • 5. Designing the Review
  • 6. Registering the review
  • 7. Searching for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
  • 8. Abstracting Evidence
  • 9. Appraising Evidence
  • 10. Synthesizing Evidence
  • 11. Appraising Heterogeneity
  • 12. Statistical Packages and Diagnostic Meta-analysis and Their Application
  • 13. Network Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
  • 14. Transition to Intervention Meta-analysis
  • 15. Updating Diagnostic Test Accuracy Systematic Reviews: Which, When and How Should They be Updated?
  • SECTION III
  • 16. Diagnostic Meta-Analysis: Case Study in Endocrinology
  • 17. Diagnostic Meta-Analysis: Case Study in Gastroenterology
  • 18. Diagnostic Meta-Analysis: Case Study in Oncology
  • 19. Diagnostic Meta-analysis: Case Study in Surgery
  • SECTION IV
  • 20. Avenues for Further Research
  • 21. Conclusion.

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