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This study was designed to measure the accuracy of a screening instrument for detection of potential child abuse used in EDs.
The primary measure of accuracy of a screening test is its ability to "rule out" a disease process, characterized by sensitivity: a measure of false negativity.
In this subset of patients, pretest probability was higher and the diagnostic accuracy of a screening test such as PTX3 was expected to be poorer.
The diagnostic accuracy of a screening test is often considered a fixed characteristic of a test, but it can vary substantially in populations with different clinical features.
In the single study that reported the combined accuracy of a screening questionnaire (CDQ) with a handheld flow meter, the sensitivity was 74% (95% CI 64%to8383%) and specificity was 97% (95% CI 95%to98%8%).
Unfortunately, only one study by Kotz et al 13 considered the accuracy of a screening test (handheld flow meter) for identifying airflow obstruction in symptomatic patients, which is closer to identifying clinical COPD.
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The clinical impact of estimates of accuracy for a screening test depend on how the results of the test alter the patient's pre-test probability of disease, based on disease prevalence.
One study also assessed the combined accuracy of using a screening questionnaire sequentially with a handheld flow meter.
The accuracy measures of a screening test may vary due to the prevalence of a disorder and the population studied, and the majority of studies on the SDQ so far have taken place in population-based samples [ 11- 17].
40 41 Currently, our team is conducting an IPD meta-analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire depression screening tool, which is the first IPD meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of a depression screening tool.
There are two competing methods for improving the accuracy of a single screening radiologist: use of a computer aid (CAD) or double reading.
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