The importance of disease prevalence in clinical decision making: a real practice study on COVID-19 antigen test in Curacao

The importance of disease prevalence in clinical decision making: a real practice study on COVID-19 antigen test in Curacao

The performance of a test can be suboptimal, but in appropriate setting such a test is still useful for clinical decision making. We investigated the role of Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (Ag-RDT) for clinical decision making in an Emergency Department (ED) in Curacao during peak of COVID-19 pandemi...

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Main Authors: Erlangga Yusuf, Liane Virginia-Cova, Lisette B Provacia, Jeanne Koeijers, Vanessa Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
Rapid antigen test
Performance
Sensitivity
Positive predictive value
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867022000769

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