DIAGNOSIS SEARCH TECHNIQUES

Is your clinical question a DIAGNOSIS question?

By using combinations of subject headings, subheadings, and keywords, you will retrieve articles related to diagnosis questions -- those that report on the "sensitivity and specificity" and the validity of diagnostic tests.

Recommended Diagnosis Subject Headings

Sensitivity and Specificity
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Predictive Value of tests
Diagnostic Errors
Diagnosis, Differential
Likelihood Functions

Recommended Diagnosis Subheadings (attach to subject)

diagnostic use (du)
diagnosis (di)

Recommended Diagnosis Keyword Searches Try entering these combinations on the "enter keyword" line:

  1. sensitivity.ti,ab,sh. or specificity.ti,ab,sh.
  2. (predictive value).ti,ab,sh.
  3. (false positive or false negative or predict$ or observer variation).ti,ab,sh.

The .ti,ab,sh. that you see above indicate that you are looking for these words in the titles (ti) , abstracts (ab), or subject headings (sh) of the articles. The $ indicates a wild card character or truncation.