Diagnostic accuracy of ancillary tests for death by neurologic criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Ancillary tests are frequently used in death determination by neurologic criteria (DNC), particularly when the clinical neurologic examination is unreliable. Nevertheless, their diagnostic accuracy has not been extensively studied. Our objective was to synthesize the sensitivity and specificity of commonly used ancillary tests for DNC.

Source

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane databases, and CINAHL Ebsco from their inception to 4 February 2022. We selected cohort and case-control studies including patients with 1) clinically diagnosed death by neurologic criteria or 2) clinically suspected death by neurologic criteria who underwent ancillary testing for DNC. We excluded studies without a priori diagnostic criteri

SUBMITTER: Neves Briard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202988 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature