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The diagnostic accuracy of RT-PCR from self-collected saliva versus nasopharyngeal sampling
A systematic review and meta-analysis
Do Hyun Kim, Mohammed A. Basurrah, Jae Hong Han, Sung Won Kim and Se Hwan Hwang
Saudi Medical Journal January 2022, 43 (1) 9-30; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210743
Do Hyun Kim
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (DH. Kim, Han, SW. Kim), Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Hwang), Bucheon Saint Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and from the Department of Surgery (Basurrah), College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD, PhDMohammed A. Basurrah
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (DH. Kim, Han, SW. Kim), Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Hwang), Bucheon Saint Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and from the Department of Surgery (Basurrah), College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDJae Hong Han
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (DH. Kim, Han, SW. Kim), Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Hwang), Bucheon Saint Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and from the Department of Surgery (Basurrah), College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDSung Won Kim
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (DH. Kim, Han, SW. Kim), Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Hwang), Bucheon Saint Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and from the Department of Surgery (Basurrah), College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD, PhDSe Hwan Hwang
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (DH. Kim, Han, SW. Kim), Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Hwang), Bucheon Saint Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, and from the Department of Surgery (Basurrah), College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The diagnostic accuracy of RT-PCR from self-collected saliva versus nasopharyngeal sampling
Do Hyun Kim, Mohammed A. Basurrah, Jae Hong Han, Sung Won Kim, Se Hwan Hwang
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2022, 43 (1) 9-30; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210743
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- Abstract
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgment
- Appendix 1 - Participants, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, timings, and study design (PICOTS)
- Appendix 2 - Study characteristics
- Appendix 3 - Methodological quality of all included studies
- Appendix 4 - Forest plots of the sensitivity of the included studies
- Appendix 5 - Forest plots of the specificity of the included studies
- Appendix 6 - Forest plots of the negative predictive value of the included studies
- Appendix 7 - Forest plots of the positive predictive value of the included studies
- Appendix 8 - Forest plots of A) the sensitivity, B) the specificity, C) the negative predictive value, and D) the positive predictive value regarding the effect of geographic differences on self-collected saliva for COVID-19
- Appendix 9 - Forest plots of A) the sensitivity, B) the specificity, C) the negative predictive value, and D) the positive predictive value regarding the effect of saliva collection method on self-collected saliva for COVID-19
- Appendix 10 - Forest plots of A) the sensitivity, B) the specificity, C) the negative predictive value, and D) the positive predictive value regarding the effect of presence or absence of symptoms on the diagnostic odds ratios on self-collected saliva for COVID-19
- Appendix 11 - The effect of geographic differences on the diagnostic odds ratios of self-collected saliva for COVID-19
- Appendix 12 - The effect of saliva collection method on the diagnostic odds ratios of self-collected saliva for COVID-19
- Appendix 13 - The effect of presence or absence of symptoms on the diagnostic odds ratios of self-collected saliva for COVID-19
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