Table 4 QUADAS-2 evaluation results
From: Meta-analysis of serum and/or plasma D-dimer in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection
Study | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
Study 1 | ☺ | ☺ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☹ | ? |
Study 2 | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
Study 3 | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
Study 4 | ☺ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
Study 5 | ☺ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
Study 6 | ☺ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☹ | ☺ |
Study 7 | ☺ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |