Results of Automated Retinal Image Analysis for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy from the Nakuru Study, Kenya. by Morten B Hansen, Michael D Abràmoff, James C Folk, Wanjiku Mathenge, Andrew Bastawrous, Tunde Peto

“…<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>The primary outcomes were sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value of IDP versus the human grader as reference standard.…”
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Performance of Microsoft Copilot in the Diagnostic Process of Pulmonary Embolism by Banu Arslan, Mehmet Necmeddin Sutasir, Ertugrul Altinbilek

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for discriminating between the combination of low- and intermediate- vs high-risk categories were 34%, 97.1%, 92.3%, and 59.6%, respectively. …”
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Role of urine reagent strips in early diagnosis of meningitis by Preeti Singh, Vijay Kumar Jaiswal, Neha Singh, Anamika Singh Thakur

“…Diagnostic performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV), and accuracy. …”
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Validation study of a novel, rapid, open platform real-time LAMP assay for early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by Swathy S. Nair, Ria Elza Varghese, Anjana Saji, Anoopkumar Thekkuveettil

“…When compared to Xpert MTB/RIF, rt-LAMP showed a sensitivity of 93.33% (95% CI 83.80–98.15%), a specificity of 98.62% (95% CI 96.51–99.62%), negative predictive value of 98.62% (95% CI 96.52–99.47%), positive predictive value of 93.33% (95% CI 84.07–97.38%). …”
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Detection of obvious death by clinically trained emergency medical dispatchers in a criteria-based dispatch system by Loïc Jaspard, Nicolas Beysard, Fabrice Dami

“…Of the 93 cases judged by dispatchers to be obvious deaths, 80 were confirmed (positive predictive value: 86.0%). Among the 949 patients in whom dispatchers did not suspect obvious death, 694 were resuscitated or not in cardiac arrest (negative predictive value: 73.1%). …”
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CT-Derived spleen volume accurately diagnoses severe portal hypertension at HVPG thresholds of 16 mmhg by Xinyu Chen, Jiamei Zhou, Yicheng Lin, Kefeng Jia, Jiajun Tian, Fenghui Li, Rong Lv, Weili Yin, Fang Wang, Ping Zhu, Chao Yang, Jiayin Wang, Tao Wang, Junqing Yan, Ying Liu, Qing Ye, Huiling Xiang

“…The area under the curve (AUC) for the “S-HVPG” score was 0.803, with an optimal threshold of 0.694, achieving sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value(PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of 78.8%, 74.3%, 88.2%, and 59.1%, respectively. …”
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A comparative study on diagnostic accuracy of rapid card test, IgM ELISA and real time-PCR in detecting scrub typhus infection: a cross-sectional study from tertiary care hospital by Gopinath Ramalingam, Arundadhi Muthukumar, Dhanasezhian Aridass, Krishnapriya Subramani, Sucila Thangam Ganesan

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy were calculated, along with clinical and demographic data. …”
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Imaging and the Value of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score for Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department by Tuğçe NALBANT, Gamze GÖKALP, Yüksel BİCİLİOĞLU, Emine Burcu ÇIĞŞAR KUZU, Esin ERGÖNÜL

“…Results: The positive predictive value and negative predictive value of US in the diagnosis of appendicitis were found to be 60% and 87%, respectively, while CT showed higher accuracy rates with 86% sensitivity and 97% specificity. …”
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Correlation of structure and function in glaucoma by Maria Joanna Rodriguez-Chan, MD, Patricia M. Khu,MD,MS, Ma. Margarita L. Luna, MD, Manuel B. Agulto, MD

“…Sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values were obtained for each diagnostic test and in combination. …”
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Helicobacter pylori culture as a key tool for diagnosis in Colombia by Diana F Rojas-Rengifo, Belen Mendoza, Carlos Jaramillo, Paula A Rodríguez-Urrego, José F Vera-Chamorro, Johanna Alvarez, Maria del Pilar Delgado, Luisa F Jimenez-Soto

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were also calculated. …”
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Prognostic impact of systemic inflammation indicators on all-cause and CVD mortality in adults with MASLD by Yaqiong Wang, Kuangyang Chen, Jie Yu, Yifan Tu, Yuxin Zhao, Yikai Zhang, Yepeng Hu, Hong Yang, Han Yan, Chao Zheng

“…Time-dependent ROC curve was performed to analysis the predictive value of inflammatory indicators for mortality. …”
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Evaluation of two commercially available rapid stool antigen tests for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection by Mohamed Abd ElAziz Metwally, Hala Mohamed Alfeky, Hatem Samir Alegaily, Azza Hasan Abbas, El Shahat Ahmed El Shahat, Angham Mohamed Abd Elmonem, Hoda Mohamed Rabie Gabal

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were as follows: 96.6%, 66.1%, 62%, and 97.4%, respectively for RightSign® test and 96.9%, 50%, 52.5%, and 96.6%, respectively for OnSite® test. …”
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Ornamental Teaching Gardens: Design, Development, and Use by Sandra B. Wilson, Tara M. Minton, Laurie K. Mecca, Judith Gersony

“… The teaching gardens at the University of Florida's (UF) Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) were developed as an outdoor teaching laboratory to provide on-site plant collections for hands-on learning activities. The educational value of the gardens is witnessed daily by demonstrated landscape design principles and visible plant nomenclature. …”
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Ornamental Teaching Gardens: Design, Development, and Use by Sandra B. Wilson, Tara M. Minton, Laurie K. Mecca, Judith Gersony

“… The teaching gardens at the University of Florida's (UF) Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) were developed as an outdoor teaching laboratory to provide on-site plant collections for hands-on learning activities. The educational value of the gardens is witnessed daily by demonstrated landscape design principles and visible plant nomenclature. …”
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Correlation between serum Visfatin and cognitive impairment in maintenance hemodialysis patients by Wang Xiao-qi, Liu Cong-hui, Ma Ye-ping, Cao Qian-ying, Shao Feng, Li Zhong-xin

“…Receiver operating characteristic （ROC） curve was used to analyze the predictive value of influencing factors for CI in MHD patients.ResultsTotally 146 MHD patients were enrolled in this study and divided into non-CI group （<italic>n</italic>=46） and CI group （<italic>n</italic>=100）. …”
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Associations between oxygen delivery and cardiac index with hyperlactatemia during cardiopulmonary bypassCentral MessagePerspective by Ignazio Condello, PhD, Giuseppe Santarpino, MD, Giuseppe Nasso, MD, Marco Moscarelli, MD, Flavio Fiore, MD, Giuseppe Speziale, MD

“…A cutoff of DO2i <270 mL/min/m2 in relation to O2ERi >35% in group A and a cutoff of CI <2.4 L/min/m2 in relation to SvO2 <65% in group B were found to have a positive predictive value of 80% and 75% for HL, respectively. A cutoff of DO2i >290 mL/min/m2 in relation to O2ERi 24% in group A and a cutoff of CI >2.4 L/min/m2 in relation to SvO2 >75% in group B were found to have a negative predictive value of 78% and 62% for HL, respectively. …”
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Detection of primary malignancy and metastases with FDG PET/CT in patients with cholangiocarcinomas: Lesion-based comparison with contrast enhanced CT by Youssef Elias, Aladin Mariano, Yang Lu

“…On a lesion-based analysis, the sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), negative predictive values (NPVs), and accuracies of PET/CT and CECT for detection of CCA were 96.5%, 55.5%, 97.2%, 50.0%, 94.1% and 62.2%, 66.7%, 96.7%, 10.0%, 62.5%, respectively. …”
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Evaluating cell-free DNA integrity index as a non-invasive biomarker for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients by Takuma Iwai, Takeshi Yamada, Kay Uehara, Seiichi Shinji, Akihisa Matsuda, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Goro Takahashi, Toshimitsu Miyasaka, Shintaro Kanaka, Michihiro Koizumi, Hiroshi Yoshida

“…We aimed to investigate the predictive value of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) integrity index for NAC response, using machine learning to compensate for the small cohort size. …”
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Surgical Theater, a Novel Technology, Enhances 3-dimensional Mapping for Robotic-assisted Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Free Flap by Suphalerk Lohasammakul, MD, Mandy Flor, MD, Clarissa Hoye, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MD, FACS, Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACS

“…Receiver operating characteristics metrics include sensitivity of 95%, specificity of 93%, positive predictive value of 91%, and negative predictive value of 96%. …”
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Validation of a software application using electronic health records for automatic detection of community onset sepsis by Cristian Duré, Sandra Jonmarker, Eva Joelsson-Alm, Hampus Nordqvist, Katarina Bohm, Liivi Rimling, Mikael Andersson Franko, Maria Cronhjort, Kristian Ängeby

“…Validation using physician record review of a random selection of 426 cases demonstrated a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 95%, 99%, 92%, and 99%, respectively. …”
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