Skip to main content
. 2019 Dec;8(6):1029–1044. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.12.13

Table 3. Quality assessment utilizing QUADAS-2.

Author-year Risk of bias Applicability Concerns
Patient selection Index test Reference standard Flow and timing Patient selection Index test Reference standard
Madan et al., 2016 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Yarmus et al., 2011 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Oki et al., 2013 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Trisolini et al., 2015 Low Low Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear
Trisolini et al., 2011 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Murakami et al., 2013 High Low Low Low High Low Low
Li et al., 2014 High Low Low Low High Low Low
Bruno et al., 2013 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Gianella et al., 2018 Low Low Low Unclear Low Low Low
Cardoso et al., 2015 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Mondoni et al., 2013 High Low Low Low High Low Low
Baram et al., 2005 Unclear Low Low Low Unclear Low Low
Chen et al., 2015 Low Low High High Low Low High
Diette et al., 2000 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Austin et al., 1993 High Low Low Low High Low Low
Santambrogio et al., 1997 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Saleh et al., 1996 Unclear Low High Unclear Unclear Low High
Küçük et al., 2004 High Low Unclear Low Low Low Low
Davenport et al.1990 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Collins et al., 2012 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Griffin et al., 2010 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Guo et al., 2015 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Xiang et al., 2018 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Chaiyakul et al., 2018 Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Wong et al., 2014 Low Low High Low Low Low High
Kern et al., 2012 Low Low Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear