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Additionally, the reference lists of included studies and other systematic reviews were thoroughly searched. All diagnostic accuracy studies that assessed the use of ADD-RS alone or with D-Dimer for diagnosing AAS compared with a reference standard test (e.g. computer tomographic angiography (CTA), ECG-gated CTA, echocardiography, magnetic resonance angiography, operation, or autopsy) were included. Two reviewers independently selected and extracted data. Risk of bias was appraised using QUADAS-2 tool. Data were synthesised using hierarchical meta-analysis models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We selected 13 studies from the 2017 citations identified, including six studies evaluating combinations of ADD-RS alongside D-dimer&gt;500ng\/L. Summary sensitivities and specificities (95% credible interval) were: ADD-RS&gt;0 94.6% (90%, 97.5%) and 34.7% (20.7%, 51.2%), ADD-RS&gt;1 43.4% (31.2%, 57.1%) and 89.3% (80.4%, 94.8%); ADD RS&gt;0 or D-Dimer&gt;500ng\/L 99.8% (98.7%, 100%) and 21.8% (12.1%, 32.6%); ADD RS&gt;1 or D-Dimer&gt;500ng\/L 98.3% (94.9%, 99.5%) and 51.4% (38.7%, 64.1%); ADD RS&gt;1 or ADD RS = 1 with D-dimer&gt;500ng\/L 93.1% (87.1%, 96.3%) and 67.1% (54.4%, 77.7%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Combinations of ADD-RS and D-dimer can be used to select patients with suspected AAS for imaging with a range of trade-offs between sensitivity (93.1% to 99.8%) and specificity (21.8% to 67.1%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0304401","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,21]],"date-time":"2024-06-21T13:28:13Z","timestamp":1718976493000},"page":"e0304401","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Diagnostic accuracy of the aortic dissection detection risk score alone or with D-dimer for acute aortic syndromes: Systematic review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9040-249X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sa","family":"Ren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Munira","family":"Essat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdullah","family":"Pandor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0803-8444","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Steve","family":"Goodacre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shijie","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Clowes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Bima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mamoru","family":"Toyofuku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"McLatchie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eduardo","family":"Bossone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"20","key":"pone.0304401.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2213","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.988568","article-title":"Sensitivity of the aortic dissection detection risk score, a novel guideline-based tool for identification of acute aortic dissection at initial presentation: results from the international registry of acute aortic dissection","volume":"123","author":"A.M. 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