Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for diagnosis and monitoring of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis B

The economic evaluation24 generated separate estimates of costs and effects for populations with chronic hepatitis B. ARFI for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Hepatitis B. 4 Interventions and Comparators All of the studies2,5,15-24 used liver biopsy as the reference standard and ARFI as the index test. [...] The methods used to combine the findings of studies were appropriate in all of the SRs.2,15,16 One of the SRs16 declared no conflicts of interest; two SRs2,15 did not include a declaration of conflicts of interest. [...] The patient selection was consecutive in five of the NRSs17-20,22; it was unclear if the patient selection was consecutive in three of the NRSs.5,21,23 Five of the NRSs17,18,20-23 blinded the results of the index test when interpreting the results of the reference standard and vice versa. [...] No literature was identified regarding evidence-based guidelines and clinical effectiveness of ARFI compared with liver biopsy in patients with hepatitis B. ARFI for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Hepatitis B. 7 The studies in this report2,5,15-23 had inconsistent results on the use of ARFI for detecting and grading liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis B. Five stu [...] One of these Five of these reviews in this SRs evaluated SR was the overall reported on performance of because it ARFI and TE analyzed the for the DA of ARFI in diagnosis of patients with LF HBV Nierhoff, 2014, Thirty-six All causes of ARFI LB Diagnostic accuracy 15 Germany.