Objective We aimed to collect and meta-analyse the existing evidence regarding the
performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) for detecting …

Background and methods: To determine the diagnostic values of laboratory tests used in the
diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia, the authors conducted a systematic over-view of the …

Physical therapists routinely make diagnostic and prognostic decisions in the course of
patient care. The purpose of this clinical perspective is to illustrate what we believe is the …

OBJECTIVE: To establish rates of and risk factors for cardiac complications after noncardiac
surgery in veterans. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: A large urban veterans …

Abstract Background The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is
an instrument that is commonly used to screen for depression in patients with chronic …

Background The current gold-standard for diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is
the detection of platelet-activating antibodies by means of functional assays which, since …

Objective. Identification of significant asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) is
important because of the stroke‐risk reduction observed with carotid endarterectomy. The …

The likelihood ratio is a useful but simple concept that helps the radiologist communicate to
the clinician the significance of radiologic findings. It is defined as the ratio of the …

This article reports the results of a multicenter study that compares 333 frequency analysis
studies with the continuous-wave Doppler method with angiography. With receiver operating …

We used cost‐effectiveness analysis to compare three strategies for reducing the incidence
of severe nutrition‐associated complications (eg, wound dehiscence) in patients undergoing …