EP 7: Hva er en god test?

Når vi holder fagdagen vår "The Sexy Shoulder" pleier vi å stille deltakerne et spørsmål; "Hvor mange her inne har stått bak en pasient og lurt på, hva i all verden betyr denne testen?". Som regel kommer alle hendene i været, hvilket er beskrivende for den usikkerheten vi alle står i når vi skal tolke funn. 

For skulderen alene er det beskrevet over 200 kliniske tester for ulike tilstander. Felles for de fleste er at de har høy sensitivitet og lav spesifisitet. Dette vil si, enkelt forklart, at vi kan provosere frem symptomer, men i svært liten grad være sikre på hvilke strukturer symptomene kommer fra. Så hva utgjør da en god klinisk test? Hvilken verdi har den? Trenger vi dem i det hele tatt, eller skal vi bruke tiden vår på noe annet enn omfattende testbatterier?

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