“…Of the 1436 reports screened, 68 studies 14-17,24-87 fulfilled the selection criteria and were used for the systematic review and metaanalysis (eFigure 1 in the Supplement). These studies included 14 037 patients, of whom 4277 (30.5%) were classified as having GCA ( 16,17,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]37,38,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][59][60][61][62][66][67][68][69]72,73,[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]…”
Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…s From 18 of the analyzed studies. 26,28,[30][31][32]37,38,44,54,62,64,65,70,71,73,[81][82][83] t From 6 of the analyzed studies. 28,30,38,44,53,65 u From 7 of the analyzed studies.…”
IMPORTANCE Current clinical guidelines recommend selecting diagnostic tests for giant cell arteritis (GCA) based on pretest probability that the disease is present, but how pretest probability should be estimated remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms, physical signs, and laboratory tests for suspected GCA.
“…Of the 1436 reports screened, 68 studies 14-17,24-87 fulfilled the selection criteria and were used for the systematic review and metaanalysis (eFigure 1 in the Supplement). These studies included 14 037 patients, of whom 4277 (30.5%) were classified as having GCA ( 16,17,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]37,38,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][59][60][61][62][66][67][68][69]72,73,[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]…”
Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…s From 18 of the analyzed studies. 26,28,[30][31][32]37,38,44,54,62,64,65,70,71,73,[81][82][83] t From 6 of the analyzed studies. 28,30,38,44,53,65 u From 7 of the analyzed studies.…”
IMPORTANCE Current clinical guidelines recommend selecting diagnostic tests for giant cell arteritis (GCA) based on pretest probability that the disease is present, but how pretest probability should be estimated remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms, physical signs, and laboratory tests for suspected GCA.
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