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... between SIMEX and the like- lihood approach is in terms of failure rate of conver- ...gence. SIMEX has not convergence problems whichever the examined ...skewed random-effects ... See full document

... for meta-analysis of two ...this approach is preferable to the general normal BRMA model (Table 5) because the normality assumption breaks down when the proportions are close to 0 or 1 and when there ... See full document

... the diagnostic accuracy of a diagnostic test in a meta-analysis ...on studies with only one ...the bivariate random effects meta-analysis ... See full document

... the bivariate and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) models are recommended for meta-analysis of test accuracy ...few studies and/or sparse data (for example ... See full document

... early approach was by Dukic and Gatsonis who used ordinal regression accounting for varying num- ber of thresholds [11], including a Bayesian hierarchical ...multivariate random effects ... See full document

... a meta-analysis of diagnostic tests, the explicit or implicit thresholds of the test under study may differ across studies, leading to varying estimates of sensitivity and ...another ... See full document

... direct analysis of sensitivity and specificity estimates using a bivariate model BM, which yields a rigorous method for the meta- analysis of data on diagnostic test accuracy, in ... See full document

... of diagnostic test accuracy reviews each ...account random effects and the correlation between sen- sitivity and specificity ...using bivariate or HSROC models is more appropriate for ... See full document

... 71 studies included in meta-analysis, fixed effects model was initially applied to ...the studies appears to be heterogeneous according to the fixed effects model (Q=405,030; ... See full document

... should not be used as a diagnostic marker alone for neonatal sepsis. It can be combined with other diag- nostic methods like serum PCT [38] and hematologic scoring system (sensitivity 93 %; specificity 82 %) [39] ... See full document

... present meta-analysis of mortality, we showed that HFOV did not significantly reduce mortality at 30 or 28 days compared with ...experimental studies in animals in which benefits of high-frequency ... See full document

... different studies. Compar- ing these studies is difficult, as they use different radiotrac- ers and SPECT techniques, and, more importantly, involve different patient ...many studies use ... See full document

... Future studies of PET for the evaluation of glioma relapse should use prospective designs, focus on clinically relevant patient populations treated with standardized protocols, and avoid po- tential biases in ... See full document

... A DRS method which is suited to the health system is a key factor in the success of a programme. Non-mydriatic imaging can be used in settings where there are fewer ophthalmic personnel and avoiding pupil dilatation re- ... See full document

... cohort studies, case-control studies, and randomized controlled trials that evaluated the accuracy of PCT or P-SEP in plasma or serum (index test), when used to diagnose bacterial infection or sepsis ... See full document

... cumulative meta-analysis, leave- one-out sensitivity analysis and subgroup ...tive meta-analysis one reorders the studies according to a covariate ...graphical analysis ... See full document

... A meta-analysis done by Alrajab et al., who reviewed 13 studies, demonstrated a pooled sensitivity of ...previous studies performed by Ding et ...their analysis and showed that CUS had ... See full document

... nine studies were rated as low risk of bias (three or more items judged at low ...All studies employed patient-reported measures of function, and this outcome was thus un-blinded in all ... See full document

... Improving case identification for depression has received much attention. For example, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended screening for depression for all people in primary care (whether they had a ... See full document

... Trials on patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis or fi brosis treated with antiviral therapy were included if reporting any of the outcome measures assessed. Our primary analyses included randomised controlled ... See full document