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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Incremental Prognostic Value of Hippocampal Metabolic Activity for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction by Zhiyong Shi, Mingkai Yun, Binbin Nie, Yujie Bai, Yaqi Zheng, Enjun Zhu, Yuetao Wang, Marcus Hacker, Yongqiang Lai, Baoci Shan, Sijin Li, Xiaoli Zhang, Xiang Li

“…Background Hippocampal injury is linked to cognitive impairment and cardiac events in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. However, the predictive value of hippocampal metabolic activity (HMA) for sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. …”
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Golgi protein 73 and IL-6 as strong predictors of short-term prognosis in patients with HBV-ACLF by Xiaoman Zhang, Jingjing He, Xiangping He, Yongzhi Lun, Caiting He, Zhengju Xu

“…Abstract To analyze the predictive value of serum Golgi protein 73 (GP73) and IL-6 for 90-day prognosis in patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF). …”
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Diagnostic Value of the Maximal Expiratory Flow–Volume Curve for Central Airway Obstruction by Feng Y, Lian X, Wang H, Chen J, Xu J

“…The ROC curves suggested that PEF, FEF25, and their actual/predicted values had a high diagnostic value for CAO.Conclusion: This study showed that MEFV curves with expiratory phase plateau-like changes were not specific to patients with CAO; they could also be seen in patients without CAO, and they were highly indicative of CAO when combined with a significant decrease in PEF, FEF25, and their actual/predicted values. …”
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Utility of the joint index in newborn congenital heart disease screening by Mengwen Li, Dan He, Tingting Peng, Rui Liu, Binzhi Tang

“…The diagnostic sensitivity, accuracy, and negative predictive value of the combined group were 100%, 97.07%, and 100%, respectively. …”
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Role of ventilator and ultrasound parameters in predicting extubation success by R. Muralidharan, Amarja Ashok Havaldar

“…Primary outcome was to determine the predictive values of P 0.1, PIMTF & DTF for successful extubation. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Multiple Detector Computed Tomography in Detecting Mandibular Invasion in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Anum Saher, Adeel Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Saad Ahmed, Syed Mubarak Ali

“…Diagnostic validation [sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of MDCT] was carried out using histopathology. …”
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Clinical Performance of Prediction Rules and Nasogastric Lavage for the Evaluation of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Retrospective Observational Study by Hassan K. Dakik, F. Douglas Srygley, Shih-Ting Chiu, Shein-Chung Chow, Deborah A. Fisher

“…Of all four scoring systems compared, the GBS demonstrated the highest sensitivity and negative predictive value for identifying a patient with a significant UGIB. …”
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A machine learning approach for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea using oximetry, demographic and anthropometric data by Zhou Hao Leong, Shaun Ray Han Loh, Leong Chai Leow, Thun How Ong, Song Tar Toh

“…Sensitivity (recall), specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) (precision), negative predictive value, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and F1 measure were reported for each model. …”
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Accuracy of Individual Descriptors and Grading of Nodal Involvement by Axillary Ultrasound in Patients of Breast Cancer by Navneet Kaur, Pradeep Sharma, Akhil Garg, Anupama Tandon

“…The most accurate descriptors to indicate nodal involvement were loss of hilar fat and hypoechoic internal echoes with specificity of 83% and positive predictive value of 92% each. The combination of descriptors of round shape with loss of hilar fat and hypoechoic internal echos had 100% specificity and positive predictive value. …”
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Total lymphocyte count as a tool for timing opportunistic infection prophylaxis in resource-limited settings: a study from India by Sreenivasan Srirangaraj, Dasegowda Venkatesha

“…Methodology: Spearman correlation between CD4 count and TLC was assessed in patients attending the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at Mysore, India. Positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, and specificity of various TLC cut-offs were computed for CD4 counts < 200 cells/mm3. …”
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MRI OPPORTUNITIES IN CERVICAL CANCER LOCAL STAGING PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION by N. A. Rubtsova, E. G. Novikova, V. E. Sinitsyn

“…Results: The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of MRI for perioperative evaluationof cervical cancer local staging in I group were 87%, 67%, 81%, positive predictive values (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs) were 94% and 56%, respectively. …”
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Differences in serum anti-PLA2R antibody determination in Uygur patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy in Xinjiang by ZHANG Jin, LU Chen, ZHANG Jing-jing

“…Objective To detect the sensitivity and specificity of anti-PLA2 R antibodies in Uygur patient with idiopathic membranous nephropathy（IMN）,understand whether the serum anti-PLA2 R antibody can be regarded as the biomarker in Uygur patients with IMN,then study whether there are differences in the expression of anti-PLA2 R antibody between Uygurs and other nationalities.Methods The clinic data of 29 IMN patients（test group）and 29 non-IMN patients（control group）in Uygurfrom November 2016 to May 2017 were collected.IMN was diagnosed by renal puncture biopsy.In the control group,there was IgA nephropathy,minimal lesion,focal periodic glomerular sclerosis and mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.The fasting blood in the morning was taken out on the second day after admission.The serum antiPLA2 R antibody was detected.Clinical data were estimated by ROC curve.Results The positive rate of anti-PLA2 R antibody in the test group was 58.62%（n=17/29）,and that in the control group was 0.The sensitivity and specificity of serum anti-PLA2 R antibody in Uygur patients with IMN were 58.62% and 100%,95% confidence was[68.9-93.9],the positive predictive value was 100%,negative predictive value was 70.73%,and the coincidence was 79.31%.Conclusions The serum anti-PLA2 R antibody can be regarded as the biomarker in Uygur patients with IMN.The sensitivity and specificity of serum anti-PLA2 R antibody in Uygur patients with IMN may differ from those in other nationalities.…”
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Educational Opportunity for Showing Market Animals by Breed by Travis Arp, Chad Carr, Warren Beeler

“…AN250, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Travis Arp, Chad Carr, and Warren Beeler, discusses the ongoing importance of junior livestock shows for the educational value and leadership opportunities they provide, and the challenges that need to be considered for continuing relevance. …”
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Educational Opportunity for Showing Market Animals by Breed by Travis Arp, Chad Carr, Warren Beeler

“…AN250, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Travis Arp, Chad Carr, and Warren Beeler, discusses the ongoing importance of junior livestock shows for the educational value and leadership opportunities they provide, and the challenges that need to be considered for continuing relevance. …”
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Diagnostic reliability of a simplified epidemiologic tool to detect high-risk overjet for dental trauma. by Andressa Reisen, Alessandra Ramos Parpaiola, Arlete Maria Gomes Oliveira, Luciane Zanin, Flávia Martão Flório

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated for the classification of risk for dental trauma in terms of overjet using the simplified method and compared to the conventional method. …”
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Assessing Hospital Readmission Risk Factors in Heart Failure Patients Enrolled in a Telemonitoring Program by Adrian H. Zai, Jeremiah G. Ronquillo, Regina Nieves, Henry C. Chueh, Joseph C. Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani

“…The psychosocial readmission model yielded an AUC of 0.67, along with sensitivity 0.87, specificity 0.32, positive predictive value 0.44, and negative predictive value 0.8 at a cutoff value of 0.30. …”
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Current scenario of machine learning applications to hydrothermal liquefaction via bibliometric analysis [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not ap... by Nakorn Tippayawong, Sakprayut Sinthupinyo, Somboon Sukpancharoen, Tossapon Katongtung

“…These models aim to predict values and investigate the impact of variables on the hydrothermal liquefaction process. …”
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Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury: From Pathogenesis to Risk Reduction by I. A. Mazerkina

“…The identification of the allele combinations associated with an increased risk of iDILI seems promising for enhancing the predictive value of genetic studies and may be used in personalised medicine.…”
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Establishing an AI-based diagnostic framework for pulmonary nodules in computed tomography by Ruiting Jia, Baozhi Liu, Mohsin Ali

“…The diagnostic accuracy was 90.58%, with an overall positive predictive value of 89% and an overall negative predictive value of 86%. …”
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