The relationship of early expressed milk quantity and later full breastmilk feeding after very preterm birth: A cohort study by Ilana Levene, Frances O'Brien, Mary Fewtrell, Maria A. Quigley

“…The following values were identified as associated with low probability of full breastmilk at 36 weeks' PMA: on Day 4 <50 g (sensitivity 92%; negative predictive value 72%) and on Day 21 <250 g (sensitivity 90%; negative predictive value 70%). …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic efficiency of ultrasound and serum autoantibodies in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a cross-sectional study by Hai-Long Tan, Huan Ge, Zi-En Qin, Ya-Ling Jiang, Shi Chang, Neng Tang

“…While both autoantibodies and ultrasound demonstrate high specificity and negative predictive value, their low independent sensitivity and positive predictive value limit reliability. …”
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Role of USG and CT scan in evaluating ovarian lesions by Mayur Khandhedia, Kalpesh Patel

“…USG has high positive predictive value as compared to CT scan to diagnose malignant lesions.…”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of MDCT Coronary Angiography in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease by Arti Kumari, Suresh Kumar Toppo, Prakash Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Anima R. Xalxo, Nisha Rai, Harsha Kaur

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the multidetector computed tomography were 98.4, 91.7, 95, and 97.05%. …”
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Evaluation of broad-range 16S rRNA PCR for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections: two years of experience by Reem Mostafa Hassan, Mervat G El Enany, Hussien H Rizk

“…Results: Though blood culture is regarded as the gold standard, PCR evaluation showed sensitivity of 86.25%, specificity of 91.25%, positive predictive value of 76.67%, negative predictive value of 95.22%, and accuracy of 88.8%. …”
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Can left atrial diameter measured by computed tomography predict the presence and degree of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction? by Gae An Kim, Ji Ung Na, Dong Hyuk Shin, Jang Hee Lee

“…The area under the ROC curve value of CTLAD in distinguishing ≥grade 1, ≥grade 2 (optimal cutoff ≥4.4 cm), and ≥grade 3 (optimal cutoff ≥4.5 cm) were 0.588, 0.657 (sensitivity, 61.4%; specificity, 66.0%, positive predictive value, 29.5%; negative predictive value, 88.1%; odds ratio, 3.1), and 0.834 (sensitivity, 88.9%; specificity, 70.1%; positive predictive value, 6.8%; negative predictive value, 99.6%, odds ratio, 18.7), respectively. …”
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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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Reliability of fine needle aspiration and ex tempore biopsy in the diagnosis of salivary glands lesions by Gajanin Radoslav, Đurđević Dejan, Knežević-Ušaj Slavica, Eri Živka, Ljubojević Vesna, Karalić Marinko, Risović Tatjana

“…Correlation of cytological and histological diagnosis showed sensitivity of 83.3%, specificity 96.67%, positive predictive value 83.3%, negative predictive value of 96.77% and diagnostic accuracy of 97.2%. …”
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Diagnostic value of exercise stress echocardiography on a horizontal cycle ergometer in patients with low-risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome by E. E. Abramenko, T. R. Ryabova, I. I. Yolgin, V. V. Ryabov

“…There were following diagnostic accuracy for stenosis ≥70%: sensitivity — 70%, specificity — 93%, positive predictive value — 78%, negative predictive value — 89%, overall accuracy — 86%.Conclusion. …”
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Artificial Intelligence as a Potential Tool for Predicting Surgical Margin Status in Early Breast Cancer Using Mammographic Specimen Images by David Andras, Radu Alexandru Ilies, Victor Esanu, Stefan Agoston, Tudor Florin Marginean Jumate, George Calin Dindelegan

“…Performance was evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), F1 score, and Cohen’s kappa coefficient. …”
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Novel three‐dimensional ECG algorithm for reliable screening for cardiac amyloidosis by Amir A. Mahabadi, Jan Knobeloch, Viktoria Backmann, Lars Michel, Markus S. Anker, Reza Wakili, Christian Fach, Stefan D. Anker, Tienush Rassaf

“…In the derivation cohort, the AI algorithm reached a sensitivity of 85%, a specificity of 89%, a positive predictive value of 91%, and a negative predictive value of 87%. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of prognosis in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lixia Guo, Xudong Cao, Luyao Chang, Huandong Liu

“…NLR cut-off &gt;7.5 has good predictive value for both mortality and neurological function in ICH patients. …”
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Unselected cardiac troponin testing and the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the emergency department by Alfredo Bardají, Oscar M. Peiro, Maria Leyva-López, Juan R. Delgado, Mar Rocamora-Horach, Montserrat Galofré, Isabel Fort, Anna Carrasquer, Jose Luis Ferreiro

“…The overall prevalence of type 1 myocardial infarction was 2%, with a positive predictive value of 14.9% (95% CI: 13.6–16.2). Among clinically guided tests, type 1 myocardial infarction prevalence was 5.8%, yielding a positive predictive value of 29.5% (95% CI: 26.7–32.4). …”
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Thrombocytopenia as a Diagnostic Marker for Malaria in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness by Angesom Gebreweld, Yonas Erkihun, Daniel Getacher Feleke, Gebru Hailu, Temesgen Fiseha

“…ROC curve analysis was performed to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of platelet count in predicting malaria. …”
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Predicting community walking after stroke by Richard A. W. Felius, Richard A. W. Felius, Michiel Punt, Natasja C. Wouda, Natasja C. Wouda, Marieke Geerars, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Jaap H. van Dieën

“…Multivariate analysis indicated that the outcomes at admission had more predictive value than the outcomes at discharge, with adjusted R2 values for the strides per day, average and maximum gait speed models of 0.60, 0.42, and 0.53, respectively.ConclusionsAge, trunk stability (TCT), affected leg strength (MI), and the clinical and daily-life gait had predictive value for community walking 6-months after stroke. …”
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Angiogenic Biomarkers: Are They Good Tools to Predict Perinatal Outcomes in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy? A Retrospective Cohort Study by Magdalena Bednarek-Jędrzejek, Katarzyna Maksym, Stepan Feduniw, Slagjana Simeonova Krstevska, Igor Samardziski, Tomasz Góra, Michał Ciebiera, Adrianna Zahorowska, Katarzyna Pruś, Sylwia Dzidek, Hanna Jasiak-Jóźwik, Martyna Drzycimska, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Andrzej Torbé, Sebastian Kwiatkowski

“…In a group of patients with an index value of ≥40, the AUC was 0.9955 (95% CI: 0.9913 to 0.9996), with a sensitivity of 52%, a specificity of 78%, a positive predictive value of 77%, and a negative predictive value of 53%. …”
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Revision of the Frank Index for Predicting Death in Thermal Injury by E. A. Zhirkova, T. G. Spiridonova, A. V. Sachkov, O. Yu. Rebrova, S. S. Petrikov

“…SUMMARY The index used in Russia to predict mortality in patients with burns, the Frank index, needs to be revised because it has a low prognostic value.TARGET Modify the Frank index to increase its predictive value for mortality.MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study included 307 patients with skin burns. …”
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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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Application of Patient Version of General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition for Screening Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community by YANG Ting, HE Jiali, SONG Linlin, LIU Wentao, GUI Chenfan, CHEN Xiao, XU Li, JIA Chengsen

“…The sensitivity was 82.7%, the specificity was 72.6%, the positive predictive value was 57.2%, and the negative predictive value was 90.4%.ConclusionThe P-GPCOG is a good community-based cognitive screening tool for screening MCI patients in community, but its original scoring criteria needs to be refined to improve the correct screening rate.…”
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Validation of Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System score for the diagnosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer: A prospective cross-sectional study by Kumawat Ghanshyam, Vyas Nachiket, Sharma Govind, Priyadarshi Shivam, Gupta Bhagwan Sahay, Singla Mohit, Kumar Ashok

“…A cut off of VIRADS ≥3 for prediction of detrusor muscle invasion yielded a sensitivity of 91.2%, specificity of 78.8%, positive predictive value of 73.8%, negative predictive value of 93.2%, and accuracy of 83.7%. …”
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