Recommended software/packages for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

A meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy 1 Running head: A META-ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY Bilingual Language Assessment: A Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy

Purpose: To describe quality indicators for appraising studies of diagnostic accuracy and to report a meta-analysis of measures for diagnosing language impairment (LI) in bilingual Spanish-English US children. Method: We searched electronically and by hand to locate peer-reviewed Englishlanguage publications meeting inclusion criteria; we rated quality features, calculated accuracy metrics and ...

Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy with mada

The R-package mada is a tool for the meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. In contrast to univariate meta-analysis, diagnostic meta-analysis requires bivariate models. An additional challenge is to provide a summary receiver operating characteristic curves that seek to integrate receiver operator characteristic curves of primary studies. The package implements the approach of Reitsma, Glas, Rut...

Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies

Differential Diagnosis of Microcytic Anemia, Thalassemia or Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Meta-Analysis

We evaluated the most common indices to compare their sensitivity and specificity to introduce the most sensitive and specific index. We systematically searched five international indexing databases up to Dec 2018. For each index, we measured the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), as well as summary ROC (SROC) curve which was used to compare the performance of each index. Deeks̕ tests of all discrimin...

Diagnostic accuracy of CD44V6 for osteosarcoma: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND Recently, more and more evidences have revealed the association between CD44V6 and osteosarcoma (OS), but whether it can be used as a clinical biomarker is still unknown. The purpose of this study is to assess the diagnostic value of CD44V6 in OS by conducting a meta-analysis. METHODS All relevant electronic literatures were collected from seven international databases together wit...