title: User's guide to the surgical literature: how to use an article about a diagnostic test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Center, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada. bhandari@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: Mohit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Montori
authors.forename: Marc F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Swiontkowski
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Guyatt
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D013502:General Surgery; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity