The role of serial point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest to predict termination of resuscitation by Farhad Heydari, Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Babak Masoumi, Sayed Hamed Khajebashi, Forough Hajian, Fatemeh Soleimani

“…Statistical analyses included ROC curves to determine predictive values of cardiac standstill duration for non-ROSC. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for concurrent pulmonary infection in convalescent patients with intracerebral hemorrhage by Jixiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Han, Yinliang Qi, Xiaomei Zhou

“…Clinical utility was evaluated via decision curve analysis (DCA). Positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were also calculated at the optimal threshold. …”
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The relationship between the apnea-hypopnea index, oxygen desaturation index, average oxygen saturation, and body mass index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Novković Dobrivoje, Popović Nela, Novković Nikola, Lukić Jelena, Begović-Kuprešanin Vesna, Popević Martin

“…With its strong correlation with AHI, as well as predictive value for more severe forms of apnea, ODI has the same importance as AHI in diagnosing and assessing the severity of this disorder.…”
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Prognostic role of levels of extracellular histones H3 for diagnosis of early dysfunction of transplant after hepatic transplantation by N. G. Novruzov

“…Neutrophils had a higher predictive value for liver dysfunction than any other parameter within 24 h (Odds ratio (OR) 16.3; 95% CI: 1.7-156.3, P = 0.016).   …”
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Establishment of age-related AMH screening cutoffs in Chinese women with PCOS: a retrospective study using propensity score matching analysis by Zhen Wang, Xiaojing Teng, Yanfei Liu, Yonghai Shen, Lin Ma, Yu Chen

“…Based on age, we conducted propensity score matching analysis in a 1:1 ratio and statistical analysis using SPSS software, plotted receiver operating characteristic curves, and obtained the area under the curve, the optimal anti-Müllerian hormone screening threshold, corresponding sensitivity, specificity, Youden index, correct diagnostic rate, positive predictive value, negative predictive value. Age-related anti-Müllerian hormone screening criteria with polycystic ovary syndrome were established and evaluated based on the optimal anti-Müllerian hormone screening cutoff for each group. …”
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Diagnostic performance of two rapid tests for syphilis screening in people living with HIV in Cali, Colombia. by Jonny Alejandro García Luna, Nelson Romero-Rosas, Sebastian Alejandro Silva Peña, Oscar Javier Oviedo Sarmiento, Ximena Galindo Orrego, William Lenis Quintero, Luisa Consuelo Perea, Ernesto Martínez Buitrago, Lyda Osorio, Juan Carlos Salazar, Adrian D Smith, Neal Alexander

“…Sensitivity and specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios (LR) of RDTs were estimated with their corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI). …”
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Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index as a Predictor of Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon in Patients with Angina and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries by Jiang YT, Yan ZM, Gu W, Guo HS, Li XT, Zheng SQ, Liao X, Xue DG

“…Moreover, ALI demonstrated a better predictive value than indicators alone, including albumin level, BMI, and NLR.Conclusion: A lower ALI demonstrated a reliable predictive value for the occurrence of CSFP in patients with ANOCA. …”
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The management of adults and children with moderate severity asthma by P.M. Jeena

“…Moderate severity asthma occurs in approximately 10 to 15% of patients with chronic reversible airway obstruction and is defined by more than four daytime symptoms per week, more than four night time symptoms per month and peak expiratory flow rates of between 60 and 80% of predicted values. Currently recommended first line chronic maintenance treatment for children and adults for moderate severity asthma is the use of combination therapy of inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta-2 agonists. …”
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Value of Rapid Antigen Test in Comparison with Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Method in the Diagnosis of COVID-19 by Alireza MIRAHMADIZADEH, Babak Shirazi YEGANEH, Jafar HASSANZADEH, Leila BADIEE, Mohebat VALI, Zahra MALEKI, Ali AKBARI, Tahereh PAKDEL, Haleh GHAEM

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value, and the accuracy of the RAT were calculated using the MedCalc software. …”
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Utility of chest ultrasound in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the critical care unit of a tertiary care center: a prospective observational study by Avinash Babu, Aditi Joshi, Amartya Chakraborti, Pradeep Bajad, Ramniwas Jalendra, Nishant Chauhan, Naveen Dutt

“…Diagnostic performance of risk factors for VAP was analyzed by parameters like sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and likelihood ratio (positive and negative). …”
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Relevance of telemonitoring algorithms for the management of home noninvasive ventilation by Clara Bianquis, Kinan El Husseini, Léa Razakamanantsoa, Adrien Kerfourn, Emeline Fresnel, Jean-Christian Borel, Antoine Cuvelier, Johan Dupuis, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Capucine Morélot-Panzini, Jesus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Jean-François Muir, Arnaud Prigent, Claudio Rabec, Wojciech Trzepizur, Joao Winck, Patrick Brian Murphy, Maxime Patout

“…They had a global sensitivity of 78% (95% CI 37–95%), a specificity of 40% (95% CI 19–78%), a positive predictive value of 72% (95% CI 65–77%) and a negative predictive value of 45% (95% CI 37–51%). …”
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Immunophenotypic Profiling of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Insights From a Large Cohort by Supattra Kankhaw, Weerapat Owattanapanich, Orathai Promsuwicha, Thanyakan Thong‐ou, Theera Ruchutrakool, Archrob Khuhapinant, Karan Paisooksantivatana, Smith Kungwankiattichai

“…The typical immunophenotype of APL, including MPO+/HLA‐DR‐/CD34‐ and CD117+, provided a sensitivity of 51.4%, a specificity of 98.0%, a positive predictive value of 65.8%, and a negative predictive value of 96.5%. …”
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TRICKS Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3-Tesla for Assessing Whole Lower Extremity Vascular Tree in Patients with High-Grade Critical Limb Ischemia: DSA and TASC II Guidelines Co... by Sheung-Fat Ko, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Chen-Chang Lee, Chung-Cheng Huang, Fan-Yen Lee, Shu-Hang Ng, Yi-Wei Lee, Hon-Kan Yip, Min-Chi Chen

“…T-MRA harbored overall high sensitivity (99.5%), specificity (93.6%), positive predictive value (95.4%), negative predictive value (99.6%), and accuracy (97.7%) in depicting significant stenosis. …”
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Prevalence and diagnostic value of GPs’ gut feelings for cancer and serious diseases: protocol for a prospective observational study of diagnostic validity by Sebastià March, Magdalena Esteva, María Martín-Rabadán, Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, David Medina, Gaspar Tamborero, Erik Stolper

“…We aimed to investigate the prevalence and the predictive value of GFs for the diagnosis of cancer and serious diseases.Methods and analysis Prospective observational study of diagnostic validity. …”
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The contributions of brain structural and functional variance in predicting age, sex and treatment by Ning-Xuan Chen, Gui Fu, Xiao Chen, Le Li, Michael P. Milham, Su Lui, Chao-Gan Yan

“…We found that voxel-based structural indices had stronger predictive value for age and sex, while voxel-based functional metrics showed stronger predictive value for treatment. …”
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INTERVAL FORECAST OF DEGRADATION OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES by S. M. Baravikou

“…In particular cases parameter's true value deviation for a new instance can differ noticeably from the predicted values. For practical problems of ED gradual failures forecasting for future developments it's important to have interval forecast of functional parameter. …”
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COMPUTER BUSINESS SIMULATION AS AN INTERACTIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING TOOL: POTENTIAL FOR APPLICATION IN A HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM by N. Moskovskaya, E. Perova

“…The implementation of some popular educational computer business-simulations is outlined and their educational value in a university setting is discussed. …”
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Diagnostic value of serum origin recognition complex protein 1 in the progression of HBVrelated liver fibrosis by LIANG Hongqian, HUANG Long, REN Aoli, SU Minghua, HU Bobin, LI Qingmei, SU Tumei, YIN Qianbing, LI Aining, JIANG Jianning

“…The area under the ROC curve of serum ORC1 in the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis was 0.644 (P < 0.05), the cutoff value was 1, 000.46 ng/L and the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and consistency rate were 56.0%, 76.3%, 35.0%, 88.4%, and 72.5%, respectively. …”
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Perceptions of the use of a 3D-printed manufactured educational simulator for incisions and sutures by Yasmine Smail, Frenette Codjia, Jean-Pierre Attal, Hechenberger Alexander., Philippe François, Anne-Laure Ejeil

“…In this study, we evaluate a novel 3D-printed simulator produced with Polyjet technology for incision and suture training and compare its educational value to that of animal models. Methods A total of 69 participants—27 undergraduate students, 19 postgraduate students and 23 expert oral surgeons— tested 30 identical simulators at Paris-Cité University. …”
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Educational board game for training dental and dental hygiene students in patient safety issues by Ju-Hui Wu, Pei-Hung Su, Hsiu-Yueh Wu, Yu-Mei Hsin, Chia-Hua Lin, Chen-Yi Lee

“…This study used an originally designed board game to train dental and dental hygiene students in patient safety, investigating the educational value of game-based learning. Methods A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design with three groups of students was adopted (two classes of dental hygiene students and one of dental students). …”
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