Risk-of-bias assessment by QUADAS-2 criteria
| Reference . | Risk of bias . | Applicability concerns . | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient selection . | Index text . | Reference standard . | Flow and timing . | Patient selection . | Index test . | Reference standard . | |
| Beranger et al18 | Low | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Braf et al13 | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Dimopoulos et al17 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Falcinelli et al31 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Favaloro et al32 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Favresse et al12 | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Foxton et al33 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Fretwell et al34 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Fretwell et al35 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Irsara et al36 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Mancini et al37 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Moore et al38 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Pascual et al39 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Pitchford, in press∗ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Singh et al14 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Stephenson et al20 | Unclear | High | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
| Stratmann et al40 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Toulon et al41 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Valsecchi et al42 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Reference . | Risk of bias . | Applicability concerns . | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient selection . | Index text . | Reference standard . | Flow and timing . | Patient selection . | Index test . | Reference standard . | |
| Beranger et al18 | Low | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Braf et al13 | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Dimopoulos et al17 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Falcinelli et al31 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Favaloro et al32 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Favresse et al12 | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
| Foxton et al33 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Fretwell et al34 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Fretwell et al35 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Irsara et al36 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Mancini et al37 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Moore et al38 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Pascual et al39 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Pitchford, in press∗ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Singh et al14 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Stephenson et al20 | Unclear | High | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
| Stratmann et al40 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Toulon et al41 | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Valsecchi et al42 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
N/A, not available.
T. Pitchford, J.J. van Veen, R. Fretwell, and S. Kitchen, unpublished data, June 2024. Risk-of-bias assessment was not completed because the study is not yet published as an article or abstract.