Epilepsy and COVID-19: is infection related to an increased risk of seizure recurrence? by G. V. Odintsova, A. V. Koloteva, V. D. Bannikova

“…Young age, seizure remission, absence of somatic comorbidities, modern drug use with no interaction with antibiotics and antivirals for the coronavirus disease treatment can be considered as positive predictive value of the course of epilepsy with COVID-19. …”
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Genetic control of canine leishmaniasis: genome-wide association study and genomic selection analysis. by Javier Quilez, Verónica Martínez, John A Woolliams, Armand Sanchez, Ricardo Pong-Wong, Lorna J Kennedy, Rupert J Quinnell, William E R Ollier, Xavier Roura, Lluís Ferrer, Laura Altet, Olga Francino

“…An important finding of this study was the significant predictive value from using the genomic information. We found that the phenotype could be predicted with an accuracy of ~0.29 in new samples and that the affection status was correctly predicted in 60% of dogs, significantly higher than expected by chance, and with satisfactory sensitivity-specificity values (AUC = 0.63).…”
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Lead aVR predicts early revascularization but not long-term events in patients referred for stress electrocardiography. by Aparna Baheti, Christopher A Hanson, Michael McArdle, Sumeet K Lall, George A Beller, Jamieson M Bourque

“…We sought to determine the predictive value of lead aVR elevation for ischemia, early revascularization, and subsequent cardiac events in consecutive patients undergoing ExECG.…”
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Using a machine learning algorithm and clinical data to predict the risk factors of disease recurrence after adjuvant treatment of advanced-stage oral cavity cancer by Sheng-Yao Huang, Ren-Jun Hsu, Dai-Wei Liu, Wen-Lin Hsu

“…Results: The accuracy, sensitivity, and positive predictive value of the model were 57.89%, 57.14%, and 44.44%, respectively. …”
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The Association between the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes Ratio and Body Mass among European Population with the Highest Proportion of Adults with Obesity: An Observational Follow-Up St... by Andrija Karačić, Ira Renko, Željko Krznarić, Sanja Klobučar, Ana-Marija Liberati Pršo

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Although this study could not confirm the predictive value of the F/B ratio or any other phyla-related biomarker for excess body weight in the study population, it demonstrated interesting insights into the obesity-associated gut microbiota.…”
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Optimising research investment by simulating and evaluating monitoring strategies to inform a trial: a simulation of liver fibrosis monitoring by Alice J. Sitch, Jacqueline Dinnes, Jenny Hewison, Walter Gregory, Julie Parkes, Jonathan J. Deeks

“…Results Several monitoring strategies ranging in complexity were successfully modelled and compared regarding the timing of detection of disease, the duration of monitoring, and the predictive value of a positive test result. The results of sensitivity analysis showed the importance of accurate data to inform the simulation. …”
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The prognostic value of the triglyceride-glucose index in predicting recurrence of acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study by Lihui Lin, Yansong Lin, Xin Ling, Zewen Zhang, Xianwen Guo, Zhen Ding

“…The triglyceride–glucose index (TyG-i) is recognized as a reliable marker of insulin resistance (IR), which occurs after an AP attack. However, the predictive value of the TyG-i during the first AP for subsequent recurrence remains unclear. …”
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Validation of the diabetes screening tools proposed by the American Diabetes Association in an aging Chinese population. by Yu Cho Woo, Chi Ho Lee, Carol H Y Fong, Annette W K Tso, Bernard M Y Cheung, Karen S L Lam

“…Compared to the screening criteria, the risk test had significantly better specificity (0.57 vs. 0.41, p<0.001), positive predictive value (0.12 vs. 0.09, p<0.001) and positive diagnostic likelihood ratio (1.85 vs. 1.37, p<0.001). …”
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Characterization of Macular Fundus Autofluorescence Changes in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa by Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, Zainab Rustam, Faiqa Binte Aamir, Maria Chairez Miranda, Imad Shaikh, Anam Akhlaq, Jiawen Liu, Mandeep Singh, Xiangrong Kong, Peter A. Campochiaro

“…Use of the grading scheme for patient populations in interventional trials could help determine if any of the defined AF features provide predictive value for therapeutic responses. …”
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Clinical characteristics of liver transplant recipients with COVID-19 and analysis of risk factors for the severe disease by Sunya Fu, Dawei Chen, Yuqin Zhang, Mingjie Wu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted and the area under curve (AUC) values were calculated to assess the predictive value for severe COVID-19. Results: Age was statistically different (p < 0.001) between the two groups. …”
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Early Prediction of Sepsis Onset in Hospital Inpatients from All Departments by Pierre-Elliott Thiboud, Quentin François, Cécile Faure, Gilles Chaufferin, Barthélémy Arribe, Nicolas Ettahar

“…<b>Results:</b> The mean positive predictive value of the SEPSI Score was 0.610 compared to 0.174 for the SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score. …”
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Development and validation of a case-finding algorithm for the identification of non-small cell lung cancers in a region-wide Italian pathology registry. by Andrea Spini, Pietro Rosellini, Cristiana Bellan, Folco Furiesi, Silvano Giorgi, Sandra Donnini, Rosa Gini, Marina Ziche, Francesco Salvo, Giuseppe Roberto

“…NSCLC) was the reference standard for sensitivity (SE); positive predictive value (PPV) was estimated through manual review. …”
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Evaluation of inflammatory parameters in patients with hepatic hydatid disease by Zhijia Fan, Yao Hu, Li Wang, Haoqin Jiang, Dandan Li, Hui Zhao, Zhicheng Wang

“…The levels of inflammatory parameters were compared in the patient and control group, the predictive value of these inflammatory parameters was assessed by the logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve, and differences between pre- and post-surgical operations were compared by pair tests.Results Significantly higher levels of platelet distribution width (PDW), eosinophil percentage (EOS %), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) and alkaline phosphatase to platelet ratio (APPR) and lower levels of platelet (PLT) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) were observed in patients than in controls. …”
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Extracting diagnoses and investigation results from unstructured text in electronic health records by semi-supervised machine learning. by Zhuoran Wang, Anoop D Shah, A Rosemary Tate, Spiros Denaxas, John Shawe-Taylor, Harry Hemingway

“…We evaluated the precision (positive predictive value) and recall (sensitivity) of S3CM in classifying unlabelled texts against the gold standard of manual review. …”
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The relationship between liver stiffness, fat content measured by liver elastography, and coronary artery disease: a study based on the NHANES database by Shengnan Li, Xiaoxue Li, Hua Xiao, Jingjing Dou

“…Finally, predictive models were developed using logistic regression, decision trees, XGBoost classifiers, and neural networks to assess the predictive value of LSM and CAP for CHD risk. During the study period, 12,684 participants were included, of whom 539 (4.24%) were diagnosed with CHD. …”
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Thermodilution vs estimated Fick cardiac output measurement in an elderly cohort of patients: A single-centre experience. by Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Alessandro Faragli, Dawud Abawi, Oliver Paul, Burkert Pieske, Heiner Post, Alessio Alogna

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Although CI-eFM shows an overall reasonable correlation with CI-TD, the predictive value in a single patient is low. CI-eFM cannot replace CI-TD in elderly patients.…”
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mNUTRIC score as a predictor of the lethal outcome in critically ill patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis by A. O. Sivkov, N. P. Shen, I. N. Leyderman, O. G. Sivkov

“…The objective was to assess the predictive value of nutritive risk mNUTRIC score in relation to the lethal outcome in ICU patients suffering from COVID-19.Materials and methods. …”
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Pediatric sequential organ failure assessment for predicting outcomes in ECMO-bridged pediatric heart transplant recipients: experience from the largest pediatric heart transplant... by Wang-zi Li, Xian-ming Zhou, Wei Su, Cheng Zhou, Guo-hua Wang, Jia-wei Shi, Nian-guo Dong

“…The death group had higher peak/trough/average pSOFA scores, reinforcing its predictive value. Non-survivors had more complications (ECMO reuse, septic shock, neurological issues) after heart transplant. pSOFA trends distinguished outcomes: survivors showed declining scores (p = 0.006), and average pSOFA ≤8 predicted better survival (p = 0.003). …”
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Relationship between inflammatory markers and long-term prognosis in ICU patients with acute non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Yanze Li, Hongjin Jin, Guolin Zhang, Yangyou Zhang, Yanchun Ding

“…The long-term prognostic prediction model constructed for NSTEMI patients based on the aforementioned associations demonstrates high clinical predictive value.…”
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Natural Language Processing for Enhanced Clinical Decision Support in Allergy Verification for Medication Prescriptions by Juan Pablo Botero-Aguirre, MS, Michael Andrés García-Rivera, MS

“…Conclusion: The BERT-based model trained on Spanish-language corpora–based NER model demonstrated strong performance in identifying nonallergic cases (specificity, 99.98%; negative predictive value, 99.97%) and showed promise for clinical decision support. …”
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