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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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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Machine learning algorithm to predict in-hospital mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Juri V. Kivelev, Alexey L. Krivoshapkin, Albert A. Sufianov

“…The values and 95% confi dence intervals (CI) of AUROC and AURPC, predictive value, specifi city and sensitivity were calculated.Results. …”
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A Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced Voiding Urosonography (CE-VUS) and Contrast Retrograde Cystourethrography (RCUG) for the Detection of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Young Dogs by Georgia Trikoupi, Paraskevi Papadopoulou, Katerina K. Adamama-Moraitou, Maria Eleni Filippitzi, Savvas Deftereos, Christos Koutinas, Michail Patsikas, Frederica Papadopoulou

“…With RCUG as the standard of reference, the sensitivity of CE-VUS was 94.12%, and the specificity was 94.39%. The positive predictive value was 72.73%, and the negative predictive value was 99.02%. …”
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External Validation of Risk Prediction Score for Candidemia in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study by Nurul Mazni Abdullah, Saw Kian Cheah, Raha Abdul Rahman, Nadia Md Nor, Muhammad Maaya, Qurratu Aini Musthafa

“…Compared to an established risk prediction score, this study demonstrated a sensitivity of 75.0% [59.7–86.8], a specificity of 65.4% [60.8–69.8], a negative predictive value of 96.4% [94.2–97.8], and a positive predictive value of 17.3% [14.5–20.5]. …”
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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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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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The HALP Index Is Associated with the Recurrence of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Following Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation by Wang Z, Qu Y, Wang H, Wang C

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to evaluate the predictive value of the HALP Index for recurrence in patients with persistent AF undergoing RFCA.Results: After a mean follow-up of 43.6 months, recurrence occurred in 130 patients (27.6%). …”
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Emergency Surgery Mortality (ESM) Score to Predict Mortality and Improve Patient Care in Emergency Surgery by Sirirat Tribuddharat, Thepakorn Sathitkarnmanee, Pavit Sappayanon

“…The respective sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy for an ESM score ≥4 predictive of postoperative mortality was 70.2%, 94.9%, 13.8, 0.3, 69.4%, 95.1%, and 91.4%. …”
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Peri-bronchovascular lesions in chest CT are not necessarily infective: multidisciplinary approach for other differential diagnosis with validation analysis by Ahmed Samir, Omnia Ezz Eldin, Ayman Ibrahim Baess, Dina Altarawy

“…It was proved to be valid by reaching 92–100% sensitivity, 84–99% specificity, 84–98% positive predictive value (PPV), 93–100% negative predictive value (NPV), and 91–99% accuracy. …”
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Perfluorobutane CEUS for early-stage cervical lymphoma: diagnostic value of the postvascular phase starfield sign by Xia Liang, Xian-Tao Zeng, Zhi-Liang Hong, Xiao-Ying Lin, Miao-jiao Su, Jian-Chuan Yang, Song-Song Wu

“…The sensitivity of the postvascular phase starfield sign was 91.30%, specificity was 83.33%, positive predictive value was 84.00%, negative predictive value was 90.91%, and the AUC was 0.87 (95% CI 0.76–0.98). …”
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Cytologic Evaluation as a Diagnostic Tool to Differentiate Adrenocortical Tumors and Pheochromocytomas by Hunter J. Piegols, Rachel W. Williams, Nirali Pathak, Laura E. Selmic, Giovanni Tremolada, Russell Sakacs, Laurie Millward, Janis Lapsley

“…When all samples were included, FNA and cytologic evaluation had a sensitivity of 77.3%, specificity of 76.5%, positive predictive value of 81.0%, negative predictive value of 72.2%, and accuracy of 76.9% for identifying adrenocortical tumors. …”
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The Predictive Factors of CPR Failure After 20 Minutes of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Non-Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Arrest Cases; a Cross-sectional Study by Thongpitak Huabbangyang, Paskorn Sritipsukho

“…The area under the ROC curve of the model was 0.832 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.793–0.870) with 70.0% sensitivity, 82.4% specificity, 89.8% positive predictive value, 55.5% negative predictive value, 3.97 positive likelihood ratio, and 0.36 negative likelihood ratio. …”
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Evaluation of Neutrophil cluster of differentiation 64 in adult sepsis as a novel diagnostic biomarker by Anuradha Saini, Anjali Sharma, Mukul Singh, Shaily Goyal, Maninder Narang, Sunil Ranga

“…Results: For sepsis prediction, nCD64 demonstrated a positive predictive value (PPV) of 92.68% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 94.87%. …”
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A novel scoring system for heart failure screening utilizing combined electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, and radial artery features by Junjie Bian, Kok-Han Chee, Chengyu Liu, Hongwei Sun, Shixi Zhang, Peili Chen, Dorjee Renchen, Hua-Nong Ting

“…The screening values of this scoring system for heart failure were verified in the testing set, with the odds ratio (OR), area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) as well as their respective 95% confidence interval (CI) for evaluation. …”
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Age-Adjusted Cut-Off Values for Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Ubiquitin Carboxy-Terminal Hydrolase L1 Improve the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Abbott Mild Traumatic Brain Injur... by Ivana Lapić, Dunja Rogić, Matea Bingula, Lea Miklić, Ivan Gornik

“…<b>Results</b>: Using manufacturer’s defined cut-offs (GFAP < 35 ng/L, UCH-L1 < 400 ng/L), the mTBI assay exhibited diagnostic sensitivity (Se) of 93.1%, specificity (Sp) of 28.8%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 95.5% and a positive predictive value (PPV) of 20.6%. …”
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Mortality predictors on the day of healthcare-associated Acinetobacter baumanni bacteremia in intensive care unit by Murat Emre Tokur, Pervin Korkmaz, Sevil Alkan, Emel Yıldız, Özlem Arık, Duygu Perçin Renders, Canan Balcı

“…When CRP and RDW were both positive, sensitivity was 72%, specificity was 100%, negative predictive value was 33%, and positive predictive value was 100% for the 28-day mortality after BD. …”
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