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Assessment <strong>of</strong> diagnostic <strong>and</strong> prognostic accuracyRepresentative spectrum?Acceptable reference st<strong>and</strong>ard?Acceptable delay between tests?Partial verification avoided?Differential verification avoided?Incorporation avoided?Reference st<strong>and</strong>ard results blinded?Index test results blinded?Amodio 2007 52 +++++++?Body 2011 58 ++++++??Cete 2010 46 ++++++??Di Serio 2005 63 ??+?++??Ecollan 2007 64 ++++++??Eggers 2004 18 ++++++?+Garcia-Valdecasas 2011 49 ++?+++++Hjortshoj 2010 68 ++++++??Ilva 2005 69 ++++++??Keller 2010 71 ++++++++Liao 2009 74 +??++?––Mion 2007 77 –+++?+??Penttilä 2002 79 ++?+??+?FIGURE 21 Quality assessment <strong>of</strong> diagnostic studies <strong>of</strong> myoglobin.Representative spectrum?Acceptable reference st<strong>and</strong>ard?Acceptable delay between tests?Partial verification avoided?Differential verification avoided?Incorporation avoided?Reference st<strong>and</strong>ard results blinded?Index test results blinded?Yes (high quality)UnclearNo (low quality)0% 25% 50% 75% 100%FIGURE 22 Methodological quality summary <strong>of</strong> diagnostic studies <strong>of</strong> myoglobin.48NIHR Journals Library

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