Clinical utility of SPECT neuroimaging in the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury: a systematic review. by Cyrus A Raji, Robert Tarzwell, Dan Pavel, Howard Schneider, Michael Uszler, John Thornton, Muriel van Lierop, Phil Cohen, Daniel G Amen, Theodore Henderson

“…Three longitudinal studies examined diagnostic predictive value. The first showed positive predictive value increases from initial SPECT scan shortly after trauma to one year follow up scans, from 59% to 95%. …”
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Diagnostic value of preoperative advanced doppler imaging with cervical maneuvers in the detection of central cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma by Hosein Chegeni, Vahid Khani, Jalal Kargar, Abbas Alibakhshi, Khosro Shamsi, Hojat Ebrahiminik, Reza Gerami

“…The preoperative sensitivity without advanced Doppler imaging and maneuvers was 35.3%, specificity – 96.5%, positive predictive value – 88.2%, and negative predictive value – 66.9%. …”
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CURRENT APPROACHES TO EVALUATION OF THE MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE by D. N. Perutsky, I. B. Kovalenko, S. L. Konstantinov, T. I. Makeeva, M. V. Filatov

“…Method of stress echocardiography as compared with FFR shown sensitivity — 58%, specificity — 95%, positive predictive value — 87%, positive predictive value of a negative result — 17%. …”
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The value of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of complications associated with hemodialysis tunneled cuffed catheters in the superior vena cava by Yun-Ruo Wang, You Wu, Du-Juan Xu, Ru Liu, Su Niu, Hao Wu

“…With DSA as a gold standard, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of TEE results were analyzed. …”
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Diagnostic work-up in periprosthetic joint infections of the knee: can the albumin-to-globulin ratio be a screening tool? by Domenico De Mauro, Tiziana Ascione, Enrico Festa, Lucrezia Marasco, Filippo Leggieri, Sara Rosito, Matteo Innocenti, Edoardo Di Pace, Giovanni Balato

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of AGR were calculated to define the test’s diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Comparison of cervical cancer screening by visual inspection with acetic acid versus cervical-cytology in pregnancy by Saritha Shamsunder, Deepika Pannu, Geetika Khanna, Ananya Banerjee, Vijay Zutshi, Sunita Malik

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for both screening methods were compared with colposcopy as the reference standard. …”
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The Role of TB-LAMP Method in Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputum of Patients Suspected of Having Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Mardiastuti H Wahid, Agus Sjahrurachman, Ardath H Sitorus, Erlina Burhan

“…Conclusion: TB-LAMP has both high sensitivity and negative predictive value. …”
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External Validation of 3 Prediction Models for Mortality in Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Chun‐Hsiang Huang, Edward Pei‐Chuan Huang, Cheng‐Yi Fan, Yi‐Chien Kuo, Chien‐Tai Huang, Ching‐Yu Chen, Chi‐Hsin Chen, Yi‐Ju Ho, Chun‐Ju Lien, Yun‐Chang Chen, Sih‐Shiang Huang, Tzu‐Hsueh Wang, Wen‐Chu Chiang, Wei‐Tien Chang, Chien‐Hua Huang, Chih‐Wei Sung

“…The positive predictive value threshold was set at 0.85 to minimize false‐positive predictions. …”
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Defective verbs in Portuguese: a morphomic approach by O’Neill Paul

“…Morphomes are extremely informative since they exhibit systematic patterns of form that have a high predictive value within the morphological system. Within such a broader conception of meaning, morphomes have essentially the same predictive value as ‘meaning-driven’ patterns. …”
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Preoperative FLAIR images for identifying glioblastoma boundaries by Bayan Shukir, Laszlo Szivos, Pal Barzo, David Kis

“…To validate the reliability of our method, predictive values were defined. The group average positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 50% and 96%, respectively. …”
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Prognostic value of frailty across age groups in emergency department patients aged 65 and above by Yunhyung Choi, Ho Sub Chung, Ji Yeon Lim, Keon Kim, Yoon Hee Choi, Dong Hoon Lee, Sung Jin Bae

“…Abstract Background The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is widely utilized for risk stratification in emergency departments (EDs); however, its predictive value across various age groups remains unclear. …”
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Clinical Impact of an AI Decision Support System for Detection of Intracranial Hemorrhage in CT Scans by David Bark, Julia Basu, Dimitrios Toumpanakis, Johan Burwick Nyberg, Tomas Bjerner, Elham Rostami, David Fällmar

“…This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value and clinical impact of a clinically implemented artificial neural network software model. …”
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Combination of oximetry and sleep questionnaires as screening tools for CPAP initiation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by A. Pataka, G. Kalamaras, E. Vlachogianni, P. Argyropoulou

“…Questionnaires alone had limited value as screening tools for CPAP initiation; the combination of oximetry with questionnaires did not improve their predictive value.…”
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Advancing Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Malignant and Benign Cases with Precision and Insight in a Neutrosophic Environment usin... by Nihar Ranjan Panda, R. Rajalakshmi, Surapati Pramanik, Mana Donganont, Prasanta Kumar Raut

“…Four top machine learning algorithms are trained and evaluated with a series of performance measures such as accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), F1-score, etc. …”
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Application value of transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with magnetic resonance imaging in T staging and treatment decision-making for middle and low rectal cancer by ZHAO Ran, ZHAN Weiwei, LI Cheng, TANG Hailang, BO Yulian, LIU Kun

“…Result The combined examination for T1 rectal cancer showed a sensitivity of 87.5%, specificity of 99%, positive predictive value of 99.9%, and negative predictive value of 96.7%. …”
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Validity of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as biomarkers in diagnosis of neonatal sepsis in a referral hospital, Kenya by Florence Chepyegon Tum, Joseph J.N. Ngeranwa, Geoffrey K. Maiyoh, Frank G. Onyambu

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and area under the curve for PCT were 93.3%, 98.1%, 97.6%, 94.6% and 0.959, whereas for CRP they were 100%, 72.8%, 74.3%, 100%, and 0.953, respectively.Conclusion and Recommendation The CRP test exhibited superior sensitivity, negative predictive value, but lower specificity, making it a more valuable tool for ruling out NS. …”
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Circulating microRNAs as specific biomarkers for breast cancer detection. by Enders K O Ng, Enders K O Ng, Rufina Li, Vivian Y Shin, Hong Chuan Jin, Candy P H Leung, Edmond S K Ma, Roberta Pang, Daniel Chua, Kent-Man Chu, W L Law, Simon Y K Law, Ronnie T P Poon, Ava Kwong

“…In the blind validation, these plasma markers yielded Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve area of 0.931. The positive predictive value was 88% and the negative predictive value was 92%. …”
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Frailty Assessment for Risk prediction in Gynecologic Oncology patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy (FARGO) study protocol: Rationale and design of a multi-centre prospecti... by Julie My Van Nguyen, Danielle Vicus, Liat Hogen, Tiffany Zigras, Guillaume Paré, Michael Chong, Yetiani Roldan Benitez, P J Devereaux, Sandra Ofori, Flavia K Borges, Emily Di Sante, Denise Miletic, Olivia Panus, Jessica Vincent, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Sofia Nene, Ameen Patel, Maura Marcucci

“…Secondary objectives include comparing the predictive value of the Frailty Phenotype with that of the Clinical Frailty Scale; evaluating the performance of a preoperative frailty assessments on other postoperative complications, chemotherapy tolerance, and 1-year recurrence-free survival; exploring the added predictive value of a dynamic perioperative frailty assessment repeated 28 days after surgery; assessing the acceptability of frailty assessments by physicians and patients; and establishing a biobank to investigate frailty biomarkers.…”
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Performance of scoring systems in selecting short stay medical admissions suitable for assessment in same day emergency care: an analysis of diagnostic accuracy in a UK hospital se... by Elizabeth Sapey, Suzy Gallier, Catherine Atkin, Vinay Reddy-Kolanu, Elizabeth Wallin

“…The positive predictive value of the Amb score in identifying those discharged within 12 hours was 54.5% (95% CI 53.3% to 55.8%). …”
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Utility of computerized tomography in clinical staging and surgical decision making in patients with uterine cancer by Andrew Tannous, Alexzandra Adler, Jeanelle Sheeder, Rebecca J. Wolsky, Jill Alldredge

“…Diagnostic accuracy metrics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value [PPV], negative predictive value [NPV]) were analyzed to assess the predictive value of CT for determining extrauterine disease, lymphadenopathy, and omental involvement. …”
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