Background Deep learning offers considerable promise for medical diagnostics. We aimed
to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of deep learning algorithms versus health-care …

Background One of the most challenging practical and daily problems in intensive care
medicine is the interpretation of the results from diagnostic tests. In neonatology and …

Purpose: Several new extended prostate biopsy schemes (greater than 6 cores) have been
proposed. We compared the cancer detection rates and complications of different extended …

Acute renal failure increases risk of death after cardiac surgery. However, it is not known
whether more subtle changes in renal function might have an impact on outcome. Thus, the …

Objective: To summarise the evidence on accuracy of the Ottawa ankle rules, a decision aid
for excluding fractures of the ankle and mid-foot. Design: Systematic review. Data sources …

Background context Psychological factors including fear avoidance beliefs are believed to
influence the development of chronic low back pain (LBP). Purpose The purpose of this …

Background: Methods from 7 manufacturers and 1 distributor for directly measuring HDL
cholesterol (C) and LDL-C were evaluated for imprecision, trueness, total error, and …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of endometrial thickness measurement in the
detection of endometrial cancer among women with postmenopausal bleeding with …

CONTEXT: The role of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography
(PET/CT) in prostate cancer (PCa) imaging is still debated, although guidelines for their use …

Objective To review the accuracy of electrocardiography in screening for left ventricular
hypertrophy in patients with hypertension. Design Systematic review of studies of test …