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Testing the Independence of Two Diagnostic Tests

Biometrics, 2001
Consider two diagnostic procedures having binary outcomes. If one of the tests results in a positive finding, a more definitive diagnostic procedure will be administered to establish the presence or absence of a disease. The use of both tests will improve the overall screening sensitivity when the two tests are independent, compared with employing two ...
Yu Shen, Marvin Zelen, Dongfeng Wu
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Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests

2015
As technology advances, diagnostic tests continue to improve and each year, we are presented with new alternatives to standard procedures. Given the plethora of diagnostic alternatives, diagnostic tests must be evaluated to determine their place in the diagnostic armamentarium. The first step involves determining the accuracy of the test, including the
John M, Fardy, Brendan J, Barrett
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2000
The results of cardiac tests must always be interpreted through the lens of pretest probabilities created by the history and the physical examination. Tests should be chosen with a clear diagnostic and prognostic purpose in mind. A clear understanding of the relationship between the history and physical examination and more technologic diagnostic ...
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Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1981
Excerpt To the editor: The technologic advances of the past several decades have presented practicing physicians with many diagnostic tests and procedures.
Richard P. Lofgren, Terry W. Crowson
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The interpretation of diagnostic tests

Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1999
Laboratory diagnostic tests are central in the practice of modern medicine. Common uses include screening a specific population for evidence of disease and confirming or ruling out a tentative diagnosis in an individual patient. The interpretation of a diagnostic test result depends on both the ability of the test to distinguish diseased from ...
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Evaluation and Diagnostic Testing

Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
The evaluation of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy is challenging due to overlaps between cardiac and normal pregnancy symptomatology, as well as concerns about the potential impact, if any, of imaging studies on fetal development. We discuss here an approach to the evaluation of the pregnant cardiac patient and review the safety and utility of ...
Cynthia C. Taub   +3 more
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