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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Sep 6;23(9):963–1003. doi: 10.1111/acem.12984

Table 3.

Overview of Quality Assessment of Included Studies

Study Sample Avoided
Inappropriate
Exclusions?		 Patients
and
Settings
Match
Study
Question?		 Blinded
Interpretation
of Index
Test?		 Acceptable
Index Test
Application?		 Acceptable
Reference
(Gold)
Standard?		 Outcomes
Assessed
by Blinded
Assessor?		 Assessed
Outcomes
Pertinent?		 Appropriate
Interval
Between
Index Test
& Reference
Standard?		 Same
Reference
(Gold)
Standard
for All
Patients?		 All
Patients
Analyzed?
Backes
2012		 Consecutive YES YES NO YES NO NO NO YES YES YES
Bo 2008 Consecutive YES YES NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES
Boesiger
2005		 Consecutive YES YES NO YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
Brunell 2013 Consecutive YES YES YES NO NO YES NO YES YES YES
Carstairs
2006		 Consecutive YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Czuczman
2013		 Consecutive YES NO YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES
Dupont
2008		 Consecutive NO YES NO YES YES NO YES YES NO YES
Gangloff
2015		 Consecutive YES YES NO NO YES NO YES YES NO NO
Hann 2014 Consecutive NO NO NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES
Landtblom
2002		 Consecutive YES YES NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES
Linn 1998 Consecutive YES YES NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES
Morgenstern
1998		 Consecutive YES YES YES NO NO YES NO YES YES NO
O’Neill 2005 Consecutive YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES NO
Perry 2006 Consecutive NO YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES
Perry 2010 Consecutive YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES NO
Perry 2011 Consecutive YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
Perry 2013 Consecutive YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Perry 2015 Consecutive YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES
van der
Wee 1995		 Consecutive NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES
Wood 2005 Consecutive NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES YES
Kappa * 1.00 0.33 0.52 0.05 0.14 0.05 0.05 0.43 0.52 0.62 0.33
*

Prevalence adjusted, bias adjusted kappa as described by .