Under-reporting of adverse drug reactions: Surveillance system evaluation in Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, Ghana. by Richard Osei Buabeng, Paul Dsane-Aidoo, Yaw K Asamoah, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Yvonne Adu Boahen, George Tsey Sabblah, Delese Mimi Darko, Charles Noora Lwanga, Donne Kofi Ameme, Ernest Kenu

“…Fully completed case forms constituted 77.1% and the predictive value positive (PVP) was 20%. About 53% of ADRs were reported for female patients. …”
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Association between hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio and risk of prediabetes or diabetes: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2015–2023 by Huihui Sun, Jinzhi Yang, Li Ma, Yali wu

“…Subgroup analyses were performed to explore the predictive value of the ratio across different population subgroups. …”
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CT features predict tumour invasion of adrenal pheochromocytoma: a retrospective observational study by Sisi Zheng, Rongli Xie, Boke Liu, Jingjing Jiang, Mengsu Zeng, Yuan Ji, Mingliang Wang

“…Abstract Objective To investigate the predictive value of the CT features of adrenal pheochromocytoma (PCC) for invasive behaviour. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of rapid on-site evaluation in subtyping lung cancer via bronchoscopic biopsy by Shuang Yan, Hua Jiang, Li Gong, Lei Pan, Faguang Jin

“…ROSE showed high accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and positive predictive value (PPV) for distinguishing SCLC (95.32%, 87.50%, 97.30%, 96.86%, and 89.09%) and NSCLC (92.45%, 92.34%, 92.86%, 75.36%, and 98.09%). …”
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EMCC dispatch priority for trauma patients in Norway: a retrospective cohort study by Inger Marie Waal Nilsbakken, Torben Wisborg, Stephen Sollid, Elisabeth Jeppesen

“…We assessed sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), false negative rate (dispatch under-triage rate), false positive rate (dispatch over-triage rate), and accuracy of dispatch priority. …”
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Efficacy prediction of neoadjuvant cadonilimab plus FLOT therapy for advanced gastric cancer: a study based on body composition changes by Penghui Liu, Na Li, Jizhen Wang, Lingyun Guo, Jiwu Guo, Guoqing Shi, Jie Mao

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed. to explore the predictive value of body composition changes in the efficacy of neoadjuvant cadonilimab combined with FLOT therapy for advanced gastric cancer and provide a reference for personalized treatment.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted on 33 patients with advanced gastric cancer who received neoadjuvant cadonilimab combined with FLOT therapy and subsequently underwent surgery. …”
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Effect of Insulin Resistance on Prognosis of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with or Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Sun Y, Deng W, Luo L, Chen M

“…TyG index, TyG-BMI, and METS-IR all demonstrated predictive value for 3-month poor prognosis, with the TyG index showing the highest predictive accuracy [area under the curve (AUC): 0.848]. …”
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The diagnostic accuracy of the ESC 0/1-hour algorithm in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a crowded emergency department: a real-world experience from a single-cen... by Emre Kudu, Ahmet Enes Kucukardali, Mustafa Altun, Ümit Öztürk, Erhan Altunbaş, Sinan Karacabey, Erkman Sanri, Arzu Denizbasi

“…The sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) for NSTEMI in the “rule-out” group were both 100%. …”
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Polo-like kinase 1 as a promising diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma by Eman H. Yousef, Mohamed E El-Mesery, Maha R Habeeb, Laila A Eissa

“…Polo-like kinase 1 showed a reasonable sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value in hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis. …”
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Association between platelet to lymphocyte ratio and febrile urinary tract infection after double-J stent removal in children underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty by Xun Lu, Qi Chen, Lixia Wang, Haobo Zhu, Liqu Huang, Jincai Zhou, Yunfei Guo

“…The univariate and multivariate logistic analysis were conducted to determine the potential risk factors of fUTI after DJ stent removal. The predictive value of potential risk factors were determined by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). …”
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Risk Factors for Postpartum Hemorrhage Following Vaginal Deliveries in China: A Case-Control Study of Second Births After IUD Removal by Shen L, Xu Y, Li B, Long Y

“…ROC curve analysis showed that the combined predictive value of these factors was superior, with an AUC of 0.805 for the combined predictive model.Conclusion: PPH is influenced by advanced maternal age, multiple miscarriages, high birth weight, and uterine atony. …”
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External validation and comparison of SAFE QUAKE and dialysis score in earthquake related crush injuries by Suleyman Alpar, Sarper Yilmaz, Çağrı Safa Buyurgan, Akif Yarkaç, Neslihan Ergun Suzer, Ali Cankut Tatlıparmak

“…Results The SAFE-QUAKE score demonstrated a higher negative predictive value (NPV) for ruling out dialysis (93.4%), whereas the Dialysis Score had superior positive predictive value (PPV) (71.0%). …”
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Selection for high quality pepper seeds by machine vision and classifiers by Ke-ling TU, Lin-juan LI, Li-ming YANG, Jian-hua WANG, Qun SUN

“…In addition, binary logistic regression and a neural network were applied to determine models with high predictive value of seed germination. Single-kernel germination tests were conducted to validate the predictive value of the identified features. …”
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Elevated levels of serum PKM2, Gal-3 and CitH3 could predict pulmonary infection complicated by mechanical ventilation by HUANG Hangdong, LI Danyu, ZHU Xiaofeng

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value of serum PKM2, Gal-3 and CitH3 for poor prognosis in patients undergoing MV. …”
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CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF OBSCURE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PATTERN "BROAD SHARP WAVE" IN CHILDREN by I. G. Kovalev, I. L. Stepanishhev, V. P. Zykov, T. A. Voronina

“…Thus, the pattern stitch is likely to play a predictive value for the detection of epilepsy, as an indicator of acute and / or remote brain damage. …”
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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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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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Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in working-age people: data from the ESSE-RF study by S. E. Evstifeeva, S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, E. B. Yarovaya, Yu A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Maksimov, N. S. Karamnova, Yu. Yu. Samokhina, O. M. Drapkina, N. V. Kulakova, I. A. Trubacheva, A. Yu. Efanov, A. A. Shabunova, O. A. Belova, O. P. Rotar

“…At the same time, adding a wide list of confounders to hs-CRP, sex and age does not improve the model’s predictive value (AUC, 79,7; 78,2-82,1).Conclusion. This study for the first time showed a significant independent contribution of hs-CRP to CVEs development in the Russian population, and the addition of hs-CRP to sex and age significantly increased the predictive value of model.…”
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Extended sample size calculations for evaluation of prediction models using a threshold for classification by Rebecca Whittle, Joie Ensor, Lucinda Archer, Gary S. Collins, Paula Dhiman, Alastair Denniston, Joseph Alderman, Amardeep Legha, Maarten van Smeden, Karel G. Moons, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Richard D. Riley, Kym I. E Snell

“…We have reported closed-form solutions to estimate the sample size required to target sufficiently precise estimates of accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and an iterative method to estimate the sample size required to target a sufficiently precise estimate of the F1-score, in an external evaluation study of a prediction model with a binary outcome. …”
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Inadequacy of coronary calcium scoring in evaluating coronary artery disease: A call to shifting to high-resolution CT coronary imaging by Jonathan Mokhtar, Mohammad Albaree, Virginia Battistin, Mohamed Asbaita, Fatemeh Akbarpoor, Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan, Hassan El-Tamimi

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of CAC against ICA were all calculated using R version 4.4.0. …”
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