Incidental findings in imaging diagnostic tests: a systematic review
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Accuracy of diagnostic tests in multiple sclerosis--a systematic review.
New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) have been recently proposed and further updates are upcoming. This systematic literature review summarizes diagnostic studies in suspected MS to clarify the value of diagnostic tests. We included studies of at least 40 patients followed up for 2 years. All studies are limited by the fact that no gold standard to validate diagnostic tests is av...
متن کاملIncidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE To quantify the prevalence of incidental findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. DATA SOURCES Ovid Medline (1950 to May 2008), Embase (1980 to May 2008), and bibliographies of relevant articles. Review methods Two reviewers sought and assessed studies of people without neurological symptoms who...
متن کاملThe reassuring value of diagnostic tests: a systematic review.
OBJECTIVE This review is a narrative synthesis of the RCTs which studied the efficacy of using diagnostic tests to reassure patients. METHODS We searched for RCTs that examined the level of reassurance after diagnostic testing in outpatients. We used PubMed, Psychinfo, Cochrane Central, Ongoing Trials Database and Scopus. RESULTS We found 5 randomized controlled trials that included 1544 pa...
متن کاملDiagnostic accuracy of premanipulative vertebrobasilar insufficiency tests: a systematic review.
STUDY DESIGN A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the premanipulative vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) tests. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The aim of premanipulative vertebrobasilar testing is to evaluate the adequacy of blood supply to the brain, by compressing the vertebral artery and examining for the onset of signs and sym...
متن کاملActing on incidental findings in research imaging.
J MWardlaw professor of applied neuroimaging and honorary consultant neuroradiologist, H Davies research ethics adviser , T C Booth consultant neuroradiologist , G Laurie professor of medical jurisprudence, A Compston professor of neurology, C Freeman professor of psychiatry and clinical lead for accreditation , M O Leach professor of physics as applied to medicine , A D Waldman consultant neur...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The British Journal of Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0007-1285,1748-880X
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/98067945