Paper | Patients undergoing index test (n) | Method of sedation* | Reference test | True positive | False positive | False negative | True negative | |||
Mediastinoscopy | Thoracotomy | Both | Total | |||||||
Okamoto (2002)18 | 16 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Yasufuku (2005)15 | 108 | CS | ND | 38 | ND | 38 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 40 |
Rintoul (2005)16 | 18 | CS | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Yasufuku (2006)17 | 102 | CS | ND | ND | ND | ND | 24 | 0 | 2 | 76 |
Plat (2006)10 | 33 | CS | 3 | ND | ND | 3 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Pierard (2006)19 | 51 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 26 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
Herth (2006)13 | 100 | GA/CS | 15 | 85 | 0 | 100 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 79 |
Yasufuku (2007)12 | 33 | GA | 33 | ND | ND | 33 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Skwarski (2007)14 | 300 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 153 | 0 | 7 | 140 |
Annema (2007)11 | 21 | GA | 21 | ND | ND | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
*GA, general anaesthetic; CS, conscious sedation; ND, not described.