Diagnostic and Predictive Markers of Acute Lung Injury in Severe Concomitant Trauma by Ye. A. Kameneva, Ye. V. Grigoryev, G. A. Li, G. V. Vavin, A. S. Razumov

“…Objective: to define the diagnostic and predictive value of the markers of fat embolism as a cause of acute lung injury (ALI) in severe concomitant trauma. …”
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Evaluation of the Mycobacterium RealTime Kit Vircell (MRTVircell) Assay for Detecting <i>Mycobacterium</i> Species in Clinical Specimens by Maria Aguilera Franco, Antonio Sampedro Padilla, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez-Bautista, Adrián González Martínez, Fernando Cobo, José Gutiérrez-Fernández, Juan Antonio Reguera, Jose María Navarro Mari, Javier Rodríguez-Granger

“…For NTM detection, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive values were 28.17%, 99.29%, 83.33% and 91.63% for MRTVircell and 21.13%, 99.11%, 75%, and 91.67% for Anyplex MTB/NTM, respectively. …”
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Diagnostic value of electrocardiographic markers of left bundle branch block in predicting left ventricular reverse remodeling in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization thera... by L. M. Malishevsky, V. A. Kuznetsov, V. V. Todosiychuk, N. E. Shirokov, D. S. Lebedev

“…Among the ECG markers significantly associated with reverse remodeling during CRT, the absence of q wave in leads V5-V6 demonstrated the highest sensitivity (92,31%), a negative predictive value (70,59%) and overall accuracy (73,47%). …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index predicts ventricular aneurysm formation in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Xiaobin Zeng, Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoshuang Xie, Jianjun Lan, Shiyang Li, Shiyang Li

“…The present study aimed to assess the predictive value of TyG index for left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) formation and prognosis in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsThis prospective study included 991 patients with acute STEMI who underwent primary PCI. …”
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Chest ultrasound vs. Radiograph for pneumothorax diagnosis performed by emergency healthcare workers in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Coline Burlet, Resa E. Lewiss, Reza Bagheri, Christophe Perrier, Jeannot Schmidt, Frédéric Dutheil

“…Chest ultrasonography had higher sensitivity (79.4%, 68.2 to 90.7) compared to chest X-ray (48.1%, 36.8 to 59.4), and a greater negative predictive value (chest ultrasonography = 94.3%, 91.2 to 97.3, and chest X-ray = 87.9%, 84.1 to 91.6). …”
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The Second Edition of the Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology: System Application, Outcome, and Cytohistological Correlation by Magdalena Onyszczuk, Bogna Drozdzowska

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of FNA cytology in diagnosing salivary gland lesions using MSRSGC were found to be 76.5%, 100%, 100%, and 95.3%, respectively. …”
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A pilot evaluation of the artificial intelligence system CAD-EYE to optically characterise lesions in inflammatory bowel disease surveillance by Sherman Picardo, Shankar Menon, Kenji So, Kannan Venugopal, Wendy Cheng, Krish Ragunath

“…Results: CAD-EYE correctly characterised 92/97 lesions (94.8%) with a sensitivity of 80.0%, specificity of 97.6%, positive predictive value of 85.7% and negative predictive value of 96.4% for neoplastic lesions. …”
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Plasma Concentration of Calprotectin, but Not Serum Concentration, Is a Predictive Biomarker for Clinical Remission in Ulcerative Colitis by Sailish Honap, Isabelle Aimone-Gastin, Sylvain Salignac, Justine Flayac, Justine Paoli, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Abderrahim Oussalah

“…Results: Plasma calprotectin concentration ≤10.5 ng/mL had a sensitivity of 98.6%, specificity of 100%, positive predictive value of 100%, negative predictive value of 96.3%, and an area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve of 0.999 for diagnosing remission in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). …”
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The Role of the OLM CandID Real-Time PCR in the Invasive Candidiasis Diagnostic Surveillance in Intensive Care Unit Patients by Laura Trovato, Maddalena Calvo, Concetta Ilenia Palermo, Maria Rita Valenti, Guido Scalia

“…A sensitivity of 83.3%, a specificity of 94.3%, a positive predictive value of 87.5%, and a negative predictive value of 91.7% emerged for the PCR assay. …”
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Deep learning-based prediction of nodal metastasis in lung cancer using endobronchial ultrasoundCentral MessagePerspective by Tsukasa Ishiwata, MD, PhD, Terunaga Inage, MD, PhD, Masato Aragaki, MD, PhD, Alexander Gregor, MD, PhD, Zhenchian Chen, MD, Nicholas Bernards, PhD, Kamran Kafi, MD, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD

“…Results: SqueezeNet, with adaptive moment estimation, achieved a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 96.7% each after 300 epochs, whereas SqueezeNet with stochastic gradient descent achieved 91.1% each. …”
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Diagnostic DNA-Flow- vs. -Image-Cytometry in Effusion Cytology by Helma Motherby, Natalia Pomjanski, Mary Kube, Alexandra Boros, Thomas Heiden, Bernhard Tribukait, Alfred Böcking

“…Results: Sensitivity of DNA‐aneuploidy for the identification of malignant cells was 32.1% for DNA‐flow‐ and 75.0% for ‐image‐cytometry, specificity of ‐euploidy in benign cells was 100.0% for both methods. Positive predictive value of DNA‐aneuploidy for the identification of malignant cells was 100.0% for both techniques, negative predictive value of DNA‐euploidy was 48.6% for DNA‐flow‐ and 72.0% for ‐image‐cytometry. …”
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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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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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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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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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Comparative Study of Cervical Pap Smear and Visual Inspection of The Cervix To Detect Premalignant Disease of The Cervix by Rozhan Yassin Khalil, Khanda Abdolrahman Qader

“…The result indicate that sensitivity rate was 16% for visual inspection method, specificity 71%, positive predictive value 3.13% and negative predictive value 93.9% to detect pre-cancerous lesion of the cervix. …”
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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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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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