Diagnostic performance of biomarkers for differentiating active tuberculosis from latent tuberculosis: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis by Ji Hun Jeong, Sung Ryul Shim, Sung Ryul Shim, Sangah Han, Inhwan Hwang, Chunhwa Ihm

“…When measuring interleukin-2 (IL-2) after stimulation with latency antigen, the most significant odds ratio was shown in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. The values were 9.46, 18.5, 11.30, and 9.61, respectively.ConclusionThis study shows that the IL-2 level after stimulation with latent antigen is a potential biomarker for differentiating TB from LTBI.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?…”
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OPTIMIZATION OF THE HEART RATE CONTROL IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY MONITORING OF THE DIGOXIN CONCENTRATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS by S. F. Zadvorev, A. A. Yakovlev, A. S. Pushkin, S. A. Rukavishnikova, A. E. Filippov, A. G. Obrezan

“…The role of this diagnostic tool seems to be limited to safety control and negative predictive value for efficacy (the lower concentration, the higher risk of inefficiency), whereas its positive predictive value in terms of efficacy seems contradictory. …”
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Role of central obesity on pain onset and its association with cardiovascular disease: a retrospective study of a hospital cohort of patients with osteoarthritis by Marcelo de Azevedo e Souza Munhoz, Eduardo Gomes Machado, Evaldo Marchi, Karoline Ribeiro Rosa, Ricardo Fruschein Annichino, Martha Cecilia Castano-Betancourt

“…Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) compared the predictive value of the sex-specific CVD models.Outcome measures Onset of OA joint pain (years) and severity according to body mass index (BMI) and WC categories. …”
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The effectiveness of GenoType MTBDRplus using in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Zaporizhzhia region by R. M. Yasinskyi, O. M. Raznatovska, O. V. Konakova, O. M. Kamyshnyi, N. A. Rokhmanova, A. V. Klymenko, Jean-Luc Berland, Marie Gauhier

“…The greater positive predictive value for cases in which the DNA of mycobacteria is determined and the negative predictive value is for cases in which multidrug resistance is determined. …”
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Comparison of X-ray and Computed Tomography Scan in the Diagnosis and Classification of Tillaux-Chaput Fractures in Adults by Jafet Massri-Pugin MD, Gabriel Matamoros MD, Sergio Morales MD, MSc, María Jesús Lira MSc, Pablo Mery MD, Gonzalo Díaz MD, Jorge Filippi MD, MBA

“…The sensitivity(Sn), specificity(Sp), positive predictive value(PPV), and negative predictive value(NPV) of the radiographs for detecting TCF were calculated. …”
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Prognostic value of the intubation difficulty scale in bariatric surgery by M. O. Maiorov, D. V. Federiakin, E. V. Belevskii, V. N. Silaev, S. I. Tokareva

“…The objective was to assess the predictive value of the risk scale for difficult intubation in obese patients.   …”
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Clinical value of serum uric acid and homocysteine levels in predicting the occurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Dong Li, Jinlong Deng, Lixian Ma

“…Abstract Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of serum uric acid (UA) and homocysteine (Hcy) levels for atrial fibrillation (AF) development in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. …”
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Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and the Clinical Utility of Diabetes Antibody Testing in the Indian Population: A Retrospective Study of 3 Years by Flavia Almeida, Alap Christy, Raj Jatale, Nilam Tripathi, Lynda Rodrigues

“…Our study aimed to compare the predictive value of diabetes positivity for a specific type of autoantibody. …”
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RhD-induced immunogenetic disparity between mother and fetus: medical importance and economic effect of using molecular genetic technology by A. G. Konopliannikov, A. N. Toropovskii, D. A. Viktorov, Yu. V. Myakisheva, R. F. Burganova, A. V. Solovyev, A. V. Kazakova, V. B. Marinovskaya

“…To assess testrelated medical effectiveness, there were examined sensitivity, specificity, predictive value of positive and negative data as well as diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Preoperative Spino Cranial Angle Predicts Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Li Y, Cheng P, Zhang X, Cheng C

“…The spino cranial angle (SCA), a novel sagittal parameter reflecting head-to-cervical alignment, may be associated with ASD, yet its predictive value remains unclear.Methods: A total of 98 patients who underwent single-level ACDF with at least 24 months of follow-up were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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What Combination of Generic Bedside Screening Tools Is Optimal to Capture Patients with Penetration/Aspiration Due to Dysphagia? Comparing Single Bedside Tools Versus Combinations... by Albert Westergren, David Smithard, Johannes Riis, Christina Emborg, Anne Lund Krarup, Dorte Melgaard

“…The sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value, and accuracy were calculated. …”
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Point‐of‐care renal ultrasound: Are longitudinal views of the kidney alone sufficient to rule out hydronephrosis? by Piyachat Sasipattarapong, Talib Omer, Dana Sajed, Heeseop Shin, Chun Nok Lam, Thomas Mailhot

“…The sensitivity and specificity of longitudinal ultrasound views compared with a combination of longitudinal and transverse ultrasound views of the kidney as a gold standard were 84.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 77.2–89.9) and 92.9% (95% CI, 87.3–96.5), the positive predictive value was 92.2% (95% CI, 86.1–96.2), and the negative predictive value was 85.5% (95% CI, 78.9–90.7). …”
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Symptoms and symptom clusters associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in community-based populations: Results from a statewide epidemiological study. by Brian E Dixon, Kara K Wools-Kaloustian, William F Fadel, Thomas J Duszynski, Constantin Yiannoutsos, Paul K Halverson, Nir Menachemi

“…We calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) for individual symptoms as well as symptom combinations. …”
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NBI With Optical Magnification Shows Good Interobserver Agreement in Diagnosing H. Pylori Gastritis by Vijosh V. Kumar, K. G. Sabu, P. Javed, K. V. Vivek Kumar, Jaseem Ansari, Kavitha Rangan, Adila A. K. Parveen

“…The Type 1 pattern identified normal gastric mucosa with 84.75% sensitivity, 88.32% specificity and 87.4% negative predictive value. Type 2 and Type 3 NBI patterns had high positive predictive value and specificity for HP infection. …”
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Machine learning models for prognosis prediction in regenerative endodontic procedures by Jing Lu, Qianqian Cai, Kaizhi Chen, Bill Kahler, Jun Yao, Yanjun Zhang, Dali Zheng, Youguang Lu

“…Seven performance metrics including area under curve (AUC), accuracy, F1-score, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated to compare the predictive performance. …”
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Analysis of Fine Needle Non Aspiration Cytology for the Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Tuberculosis: A Cross-sectional Study by S Rajesh Kumar Jain, Samta, RK Divya, V Abhirami

“…The sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV) and accuracy of FNNAC for diagnosing LNTB were estimated. …”
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Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy of Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 versus Urine Cytology for Detecting Bladder Cancer keeping Cystoscopy and Biopsy as Gold Standard: A Cross-sectional... by Santosh Kumar, Kunal Mehra, Neeraj Suhas

“…Contingency tables were created to calculate sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV), and diagnostic accuracy of NMP22 and urine cytology, using cystoscopy/biopsy as the gold standard. …”
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Streamlining systematic reviews with large language models using prompt engineering and retrieval augmented generation by Fouad Trad, Ryan Yammine, Jana Charafeddine, Marlene Chakhtoura, Maya Rahme, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ali Chehab

“…We evaluated performance using article exclusion rate (AER), false negative rate (FNR), specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). …”
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Evaluation of urine NGAL levels in brain death patients due to trauma: a prospective observational study by Dung Thai Pham, Bang Ngoc Dao, Huy Quang Nguyen, Dung Tien Nguyen, Duong Minh Vu

“…At 0 h, urine NGAL had excellent predictive value for AKI with area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.992 (95% CI 0.976–1.000, p < 0.001). …”
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The clinical usefulness of neutrophil percentage/albumin ratio in predicting the one-month mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients hospitalized with community-a... by Sule Gul, Mehmet Atilla Uysal, Ayse Yeter, Ramazan Eren, Barıs Demirkol, Elif Yelda Ozgun Niksarlıoglu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to compare the predictive value of log NPAR with established clinical scoring systems. …”
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