Sample selection and gold standard testing for a proper group comparison

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Gasparini ◽  
Edoardo Ferlazzo ◽  
Damiano Branca ◽  
Umberto Aguglia
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Group Comparison ◽  
Standard Testing ◽  
Proper Group

scholarly journals Redefining Gold Standard Testing for Diagnosing Leptospirosis: Further Evidence from a Well-Characterized, Flood-Related Outbreak in Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suneth B. Agampodi ◽  
Niroshan J. Dahanayaka ◽  
Karsten Nöckler ◽  
Anne Mayer-Scholl ◽  
Joseph M. Vinetz
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Standard Testing

scholarly journals The Gold Standard of Thyroid Nodule Examination? Prospective Validation of the ACR TI-RADS in a Secondary Referral Center

2020 ◽  
pp. S329-S337
Author(s):  
T. GRIMMICHOVÁ ◽  
P. PAČESOVÁ ◽  
L. SRBOVÁ ◽  
J. VRBÍKOVÁ ◽  
T. HAVRDOVÁ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
American Thyroid Association ◽  
Referral Center ◽  
Proper Group ◽  
Pattern Group ◽  
Selection Of

The aim of this prospective study was the validation of the risk stratification of thyroid nodules using ultrasonography with the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) and partly in comparison to American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines in a secondary referral center. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) (n=605) and histological examinations (n=63) were the reference standards for the statistical analysis. ACR TI-RADS cut-off value: TR4 with sensitivity 85.7 %, specificity 54.1 %, PPV 58.5 %, accuracy 67.7 % (AUC 0.738; p<0.001). ATA cut-off value: “high suspicion” with sensitivity 80 %, specificity 83.3 %, PPV 80 %, accuracy 81.8 % (AUC 0.800; p=0.0025). 18.4 % nodules (3 malignant) could not be assigned to a proper ATA US pattern group (p<0.0001). Both ACR TI-RADS and ATA have allowed fair selection of nodules requiring FNA with superiority of ACR TI-RADS according to classification of all thyroid nodules to the proper group. According to ACR TI-RADS almost one third of the patients were incorrectly classified with 17.9 % missed thyroid carcinomas, exclusively micropapillary carcinomas, even though, the amount of FNA would be reduced to 48 %.

Real Improvement for Real Students: Test Smarter, Serve Better

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
BETTY STERNBERG
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Standard Testing ◽  
Multiple Resources ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Right ◽  
Improving Student Achievement ◽  
Limited Usefulness ◽  
Formative Testing

In this essay, Betty J. Sternberg argues that the increased money and time spent on meeting the summative testing requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) adds little to the existing "gold standard" testing conducted by the State of Connecticut. Sternberg highlights the challenges faced by one state in meeting the requirements of NCLB: She identifies the diversion of multiple resources, the limited usefulness of summative testing, and the inability of testing companies to meet increased demands as impediments to improving student achievement. Using Connecticut's program-focused accountability model, Sternberg posits that the right combination of formative testing in conjunction with summative testing and supplementary programming ensures the academic success of all students.

scholarly journals Extensive Saliva based COVID-19 testing – the way forward to curtail the global pandemic?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Varma ◽  
◽  
Muneer Abubaker ◽  
Ismail Dergaa ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Standard Testing ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Testing Tool ◽  
The Way

With over 36 million people infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, testing has been most challenging process to identify and isolate individuals who are COVID-positive. The RT-PCR testing method has been the gold standard testing tool with a sensitivity and specificity of 95.2% and 98.9% respectively. However, this comes at a huge cost of the stress and anxieties of the testing process itself, especially for children as well as the requirements of health care professionals with PPE kits and the dangers of an aerosol generating procedure. We hence recommend the saliva testing kits as the suggested way forward to testing for the general population, especially for children, as they are highly sensitive and specific (98% and 91% respectively) as well as can be a much effortless process to test for COVID-19 and could certainly pave the way forward to mass testing as some countries are already planning to implement.

scholarly journals Optimal Allocation of Gold Standard Testing Under Constrained Availability: Application to Assessment of HIV Treatment Failure

2013 ◽  
Vol 108 (504) ◽  
pp. 1173-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Liu ◽  
Joseph W. Hogan ◽  
Lisa Wang ◽  
Shangxuan Zhang ◽  
Rami Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Failure ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Standard Testing

Letter to the Editor: Response to Vermiglio, 2018, “The Gold Standard and Auditory Processing Disorder”

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Gail D. Chermak ◽  
Vivian Iliadou ◽  
Doris-Eva Bamiou ◽  
Frank E. Musiek
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Auditory Processing Disorder ◽  
Letter To The Editor

1393: Ambulatory TURP-The New Gold Standard

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 378-378
Author(s):  
Arthur C. Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard

1774: Nephron-Sparing Surgery as the New Gold Standard for T1 ≤ 7 CM) Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results of a Contemporary Ucla Series

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 469-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Lam ◽  
Oleg Shvarts ◽  
Mehrdad Alemozaffarder ◽  
Hyung L. Kim ◽  
He-jing Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Renal Cell ◽  
Nephron Sparing Surgery ◽  
Nephron Sparing
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