How to use imperfect tests for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) to make clinical decisions

doi:10.5694/mja2.50907

. 2021 Feb;214(2):69-73.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50907. Epub 2021 Jan 7.

How to use imperfect tests for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) to make clinical decisions

Katy Jl Bell¹, Fiona F Stanaway¹, Les M Irwig¹, Andrea R Horvath², Armando Teixeira-Pinto^{1

3}, Clement Loy^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
² Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
³ Centre for Kidney Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

PMID: 33415725
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50907

How to use imperfect tests for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) to make clinical decisions

Katy Jl Bell et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;214(2):69-73.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50907. Epub 2021 Jan 7.

Authors

Katy Jl Bell¹, Fiona F Stanaway¹, Les M Irwig¹, Andrea R Horvath², Armando Teixeira-Pinto^{1

3}, Clement Loy^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
² Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
³ Centre for Kidney Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

PMID: 33415725
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50907

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Diagnostic tests and procedures; Evidence-based medicine; Infectious diseases; Respiratory tract infections.

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1. Bell KJ, Macaskill P, Loy C. Test accuracy and potential sources of bias in diagnostic test evaluation. Med J Aust 2020; 212: 10-13. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/1/test-accuracy-and-potential-so...
1. Fagan T. Nomogram for Bayes theorem. N Engl J Med 1975; 293: 257.
1. Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users’ guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1994; 271: 703-707.
1. Deeks JJ, Altman DG. Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. BMJ 2004; 329: 168-169.

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[1] World Health Organization. WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19- 16 March 2020 [press release]. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-re... (viewed Aug 2020).

[2] World Health Organization. WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19- 16 March 2020 [press release]. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-re... (viewed Aug 2020).

[3] Bell KJ, Macaskill P, Loy C. Test accuracy and potential sources of bias in diagnostic test evaluation. Med J Aust 2020; 212: 10-13. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/1/test-accuracy-and-potential-so...

[4] Bell KJ, Macaskill P, Loy C. Test accuracy and potential sources of bias in diagnostic test evaluation. Med J Aust 2020; 212: 10-13. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/1/test-accuracy-and-potential-so...

[5] Fagan T. Nomogram for Bayes theorem. N Engl J Med 1975; 293: 257.

[6] Fagan T. Nomogram for Bayes theorem. N Engl J Med 1975; 293: 257.

[7] Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users’ guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1994; 271: 703-707.

[8] Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users’ guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1994; 271: 703-707.

[9] Deeks JJ, Altman DG. Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. BMJ 2004; 329: 168-169.

[10] Deeks JJ, Altman DG. Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. BMJ 2004; 329: 168-169.

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