Browse the Evidence
Welcome to the CADTH Evidence Bundle for Point-of-Care Testing.
Here you will find our best evidence on point-of-care testing arranged under the following categories:
Testing at the Point-of-Care
- Frequency of Prothrombin Time and International Normalized Ratio Testing: Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, Jan. 2018)
- Point-of-Care Urine Pregnancy Screening in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, Dec. 2017)
- Point-of-Care Urine Testing for Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, Dec. 2017)
- Point-of-Care D-Dimer Testing: A Review of Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Safety (Summary With Critical Appraisal, Nov. 2017)
- Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurements in Newborns: Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, Nov. 2017)
- Point-of-Care Testing (Environmental Scan, October 2017)
- Point-of-Care Glycated Hemoglobin Testing to Diagnose Type 2 Diabetes (Issues in Emerging Health Technologies, June 2017)
- Multiplex Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnostic Accuracy, Clinical Utility, and Cost-Effectiveness (Summary of Abstracts, May 2017)
- Increasing Frequency of Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Strips During Pregnancy: A Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, April 2017)
- Urgent, Non-Screening Fecal Occult Blood Testing for Patients with Suspected Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, January 2017)
- Point-of-Care Testing for Influenza (Issues in Emerging Health Technologies, November 2016)
- Three- versus Five-Part Differential Complete Blood Count Testing for Patients in the Emergency Department: A Review of Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy, Safety, and Evidence-Based Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, August 2016)
- Point of Care Tests for Infectious Diseases: Review of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 2016)
- Point-of-Care Troponin Testing in Patients With Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Coronary Syndrome (Recommendations, March 2016)
- Viscoelastometric Point-of-Care Testing for Vascular Surgery and Obstetrics: A Review of Clinical Utility and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, January 2016)
- Channels for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Validity, Diagnostic Accuracy, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, September 2015)
- Point of Care Testing Compared to Laboratory Testing for the Assessment of White Blood Cell Counts and Differentials: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Diagnostic Precision and Accuracy, Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, October 2013)
- Point of Care Testing Technologies for Routine Clinical Chemistry Compared to Standard Laboratory Testing Methods: Clinical Effectiveness, Diagnostic Precision and Accuracy, Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, September 2013)
- Point of Care Testing for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Creatinine, and Blood Urea Nitrogen: Cost-Effectiveness (Summary of Abstracts, June 2013)
- Point-of-Care Testing of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) for Patients Taking Warfarin or Other Vitamin K Antagonists (Recommendations, April 2013)
- Point-of-Care Phenotypic and Genetic Testing for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (Issues in Emerging Health Technologies, March 2013)
- Point-of-care versus Central Laboratory Troponin Testing for Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Acute Care Settings: A Review of the Clinical and Economic Evidence (Summary with Critical Appraisal, October 2012)
- Point of Care Testing: A Review of Systematic Reviews on Testing Accuracy (Summary with Critical Appraisal, April 2012)
- Point of Care White Blood Cell and Hemoglobin Testing: Clinical Evidence (Summary of Abstracts, March 2012)
- Point of Care Cholesterol Testing for Coronary Heart Disease: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary with Critical Appraisal, May 2011)
- Blood Glucose Monitors and Test Strips: A Review of the Comparative Clinical Evidence and Cost-Effectiveness (Summary with Critical Appraisal, April 2011)
Imaging at the Point-of-Care
- Mobile Stroke Units for Prehospital Care of Ischemic Stroke (Issues in Emerging Health Technologies, June 2017)
- Portable Ultrasound Devices Use by Non-Radiologists: Clinical Evidence and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, March 2016)
- Portable Ultrasound Devices for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, March 2016)
- Portable versus Fixed X-ray Equipment: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-effectiveness, and Guidelines (Summary With Critical Appraisal, February 2016)
- Portable Ultrasound Devices in the Pre-Hospital Setting: A Review of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary With Critical Appraisal, May 2015)
- Mobile X-Ray Imaging for Small and Remote Emergency Departments: Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, February 2015)
- Portable Ultrasound Devices for Obstetrical or Prenatal Assessment in Rural or Remote Settings: A Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy (Summary With Critical Appraisal, November 2014)
- Portable Ultrasound Devices for the Assessment of Trauma in Rural or Remote Settings: Clinical Effectiveness (Reference List, October 2014)
- Mobile X-Ray Imaging Versus Fixed X-Ray Imaging in Long-term Care: Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness (Summary of Abstracts, March 2014)
- Portable Bone Mineral Density Scanners for Screening and Diagnosis of Osteoporosis: Uses, Limitations, and Guidelines (Summary of Abstracts, June 2013)
- Portable Ultrasound for Patients with Non-Urgent Conditions: Clinical and Cost Effectiveness (Reference List, November 2011)
Tools
- Point-of-Care Testing: Summary of Evidence (Tools, November 2017)
- Point-of-Care INR Testing Compared With Lab INR Testing: What Does the Evidence Say? (Tool, April 2015)