Table 2.
Summary of findings tables
| DTA (Mercury-in-glass or digital rectal at 38 °C as cut-off as reference device) |
NMA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device | No. of studies (no. of patients) | Estimate (95% CI) | Effect per 1000 patients tested | Certainty of evidence | No. of direct studies ( no. of patients) | Mean difference (95% CI) | Coefficient of reproducibility, median (range) | |
| Infrared temporal | TP | 9 (885) | Sensitivity: 0.76 (0.65, 0.84) | 228 (180–252) |
⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
1 (434) vs. Mercury-in-glass rectal | − 0.09 (− 0.42, –0.24) | 0.53 (0.53, 0.53) |
| FN | 72 (48–120) | |||||||
| TN | 9 (1648) | Specificity: 0.96 (0.92, 0.98) | 672 (644–686) |
⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate |
8 (2206) vs. Digital rectal | − 0.09 (− 0.33, –0.16) | 1.2 (0.81, 1.5) | |
| FP | 28 (14–56) | |||||||
| Infrared tympanic | TP | 9 (1,279) | Sensitivity: 0.77 (0.60, 0.88) | 231 (180–264) |
⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
6 (840) vs. Mercury-in-glass rectal | − 0.22 (− 0.49, –0.04) | 0.73 (0.56, 1.9) |
| FN | 69 (36–120) | |||||||
| TN | 9 (2583) | Specificity: 0.98 (0.95, 0.99) | 686 (665–693) |
⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate |
12 (3520) vs. Digital rectal | − 0.22 (− 0.43, − 0.01) | 1.1 (0.24, 1.5) | |
| FP | 14 (7–35) | |||||||