Validación de pruebas diagnósticas

ISSN: 0003-3170

Angiología, a bi-monthly journal published since 1949, is the official publication of the Sociedad Española de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular (Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery).
As our medical-surgical speciality reflects, it is dedicated to the study of vascular diseases, including all aspects of vascular medicine, non-invasive diagnosis, traditional arterial-venous surgical treatment, as well as minimally invasive and / or endovascular interventions.
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El diagnóstico es parte fundamental de nuestra práctica diaria. Llegan a nuestras manos multitud de trabajos sobre pruebas diagnósticas y es imprescindible saber discriminar entre aquellos que nos pueden ser útiles y aquellos que sólo producen ‘ruido de fondo’. Este trabajo pretende ofrecer una serie de herramientas e informaciones que pueden ayudar en el proceso de lectura crítica de estos estudios, para así seleccionar los que pueden ser útiles.

Palabras clave:

Diagnóstico

Estudios de validación

Summary

Diagnosis is a fundamental part of our daily practice. We are confronted by a huge number of studies on diagnostic tests and it is essential to be able to distinguish between those that can be of use to us and those that only produce ‘background noise’. The aim of this study is to offer a series of tools and guidelines that may help us to read these reports with a critical attitude, so that we are in a position to choose the ones that may be of most use to us.

Key words:

Diagnosis

Validation studies

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