Journal article
Diagnostic test systematic reviews: Bibliographic search filters (“Clinical Queries”) for diagnostic accuracy studies perform well
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews of health care topics are valuable summaries of all pertinent studies on focused questions. However, finding all relevant primary studies for systematic reviews remains challenging.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the performance of the Clinical Queries sensitive search filter for diagnostic accuracy studies for retrieving studies for systematic reviews.
Authors
Kastner M; Wilczynski NL; McKibbon AK; Garg AX; Haynes RB
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 62, No. 9, pp. 974–981
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.11.006
ISSN
0895-4356