Expert panel diagnosis demonstrated high reproducibility as reference standard in infectious diseases

If a gold standard is lacking in a diagnostic test accuracy study, expert diagnosis is frequently used as reference standard. However, inter- and intra-observer agreements are imperfect. The aim of this study was to quantify the reproducibility of a panel diagnosis for pediatric infectious diseases.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - March 27, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Chantal B. van Houten, Christiana A. Naaktgeboren, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, Shai Ashkenazi, Wim Avis, Irena Chistyakov, Teresa Corigliano, Annick Galetto, Iker Gangoiti, Alain Gervaix, Daniel Glikman, Inga Ivaskeviciene, Amir A. Kuperman, Laurence Lacroix Tags: Original Article Source Type: research