Gold Standard Test

The tests and procedures necessary to definitively establish to a high level of certainty the presence or absence of a particular disease in an individual

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MobiLab's developers validated the test's accuracy by comparing its performance with the Gen-Probe Aptima Combo 2 assay, the gold standard test for chlamydia.

First Smartphone DNA Test for Chlamydia to Be Presented at 2015 AACC Annual Meeting

They determined that purified, finely ground corn bran can be used as a substitute for up to 20% of the flour called for in the American Association of Cereal Chemists' gold standard test recipe for white cake.

Adding fiber, cutting fat in baked cakes

The gold standard test would be to pitch the testosterone injections against a dummy drug in a controlled trial," he added.

Testosterone supplements may help obese men lose weight

Nielsen said the company is not looking to replace colonoscopy, the current gold standard test for colon cancer.

A simple blood test correctly identified most colorectal cancers in an early trial of the technology, offering the possibility of a convenient screening test that could be done during routine checkups, the company which developed it said

Because of no gold standard test, at least two GH stimulation tests are required for the diagnosis of GHD (1,8,9).

Comparison of diagnostic values of growth hormone stimulation tests in adolescents/ Adolesanlarda buyume hormonu stimulasyon testlerinin tanisal degerlerinin karsilastirilmasi

Due to the deficiencies of traditional confirmatory bedside techniques, and the limitations of modern and more sophisticated confirmatory methods, theplain chestX-ray remains the gold standard test to confirm correct nasogastdc tube placement.

Pneumothorax from intrapleural placement of a nasogastric tube

Group B Strep Support is now campaigning for all pregnant women to get the gold standard test.

'Give bug test and save tots'

The quantity collected was insufficient to perform the gold standard test for isolation of H.

Two outbreaks of occupationally acquired histoplasmosis: more than workers at risk

Problem Frequency, (a) n (%) No or insufficient statistical analysis for testing 19 (33%) differences between two or more diagnostic tests Analysis for correlated data should have been used 7 (12%) Values from gold standard test were dichotomized 5 (9%) for ROC analysis CIs constructed inappropriately 3 (5%) Analysis for clustered data should have been used 1 (2%) Test for equivalence/noninferiority should have 1 (2%) been used (a) Percentages are based on n = 58 total studies using ROC curves.

ROC curves in Clinical Chemistry: uses, misuses, and possible solutions

Results (a) Gold Standard Test Assay TP TN FP FN Complete right frontal Mini right frontal 6 42 1 2 Complete left frontal Mini left frontal 4 42 2 3 Complete right ethmoidal Mini right ethmoidal 9 26 7 9 Complete left ethmoidal Mini left ethmoidal 7 33 6 5 Complete right maxillary Mini right maxillary 12 31 2 6 Complete left maxillary Mini left maxillary 12 24 2 13 Complete sphenoidal Minisphenoidal 6 40 2 3 Complete overall Miniseries overall 26 17 2 6 Gold Standard Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Complete right frontal 75 97.

Four-cut sinus computed tomographic scanning in screening for sinus disease

Generally, we consider the overnight dexamethasone suppression test to be the gold standard test," said Schott.

Equine Cushing's disease. (The horse barn)

DEXA, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, is the gold standard test for bone density.