Four Node Sampling: Is It an Effective Alternative to Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Low-resource Settings for Breast Cancer Management by Sreehari Pothina, Manisha Sharma, Puneet Takkar, Parameswar Reddy Gadikota

“…The performance of FNAS as an alternative to SLNB showed a sensitivity of 81%, specificity of 100%, positive predictive value of 100%, and negative predictive value (NPV) of 69%. …”
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P-ROSC, UB-ROSC, and RACA Scores in Predicting the Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Cohort by Tanakorn Janbavonkij, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Kasamon Aramvanitch, Pitsucha Sanguanwit, Thanakorn Laksanamapune, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong, Thavinee Trainarongsakul, Suteenun Seesuklom

“…The UB-ROSC score followed with an AUC of 0.72 (95% CI: 0.66–0.78), while the P-ROSC score had the lowest predictive value with an AUC of 0.64 (95% CI: 0.58–0.70). …”
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ECG features improve multimodal deep learning prediction of incident T2DM in a Middle Eastern cohort by Farida Mohsen, Ali Safa, Zubair Shah

“…Furthermore, stratifying participants into Low-, Medium-, and High-risk categories revealed that ECG-DiaNet achieved a higher positive predictive value (PPV) in the high-risk group compared to CRF-only models. …”
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The effect of postoperative weight loss on difficult intubation in bariatric surgery patients: a prospective observational study by Bahar Uslu Bayhan, Kazım Ersin Altınsoy

“…ROC curve analysis was performed to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative parameters for difficult intubation. …”
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X-ray is not inferior to CT in terms of F1 score in the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration: a recall, precision and F1 score performance analysis based on bronchoscopically prove... by Fatma Sarac, Mehmet Yazici

“…Chest x-rays were found to exhibit 42 % sensitivity, 74 % specificity, a positive predictive value (PPV) of 61 %, a negative predictive value (NPV) of 51 %, accuracy of 66 %, precision: 0.63, recall: 0.82, and F1 score: 0.71. …”
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The accuracy of the Candida Score® in predicting the likelihood of fungal sepsis in newborns by Johanes Edy Siswanto, Milda, Dewi Patriani, Boromeus Abyasa Daniswara, Christophorus Adi S. Pamungkas

“…The revised Candida Score® showed sensitivity of 81.3%, specificity of 58.6%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 68.4%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 62.9%, and an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.743 (p = 0.001).Conclusion Incorporating outborn status and thrombocytopenia improved early identification of neonatal candidemia. …”
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Machine-learning of medical cannabis chemical profiles reveals analgesia beyond placebo expectations by Adi Hatav, Yelena Vysotski, Anna Shapira, Shiri Procaccia, David Meiri, Dvir Aran

“…We used a Random Forest classifier with nested cross-validation to assess the predictive value of demographics, clinical features, and approximately 200 chemical compounds. …”
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Increased serum uric acid to creatinine ratio is associated with metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease by Fang Wang, XuDong Zheng, Xiang Ni, Ying Li

“…Maybe SUA/SCr could be considered as a useful biomarker for MASLD in clinical work, although the predictive value is limited, and further validation and combined usage with other markers are necessary.…”
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Values of lymphocyte-related ratios in predicting the clinical outcome of acute ischemic stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis based on different etiologies by Yongyu Li, Keyang Chen, Lu Wang, Linhu Zhao, Chunyan Lei, Yu Gu, Xiaoyan Zhu, Qionghua Deng

“…BackgroundWhile neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been associated with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) outcomes, their differential predictive value across etiological subtypes (TOAST classification) in thrombolysis-treated patients remains underexplored.MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed 381 AIS patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis. …”
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Redefining Liver Fibrosis Risk Assessment in Indians with Type 2 Diabetes: New FIB-4 Score Cutoff for Optimizing Sequential Assessment with Transient Elastography by Rajat Deb, Soumik Goswami, Nilanjan Sengupta, Arjun Baidya, Vibhu R. Khare, Joydip Datta, Mousumi Das, Debes Ray

“…We found that a FIB-4 of 1.5 rules out CSLF with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and Diagnostic Accuracy (DA) of 82.9%, 79.9%, 55.7%, 93.8%, and 80.6%, respectively, compared with a FIB4 of 1.3 which has values of 91.5%, 67.3%, 46.1%, 96.2%, and 72.9%, respectively. …”
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Identification of the most common pathogenic bacteria in patients with suspected sepsis by multiplex PCR by Mohammad Reza Arabestani, Hossein Fazzeli, Bahram Nasr Esfahani

“…Results: The sensitivity and specificity for universal PCR and multiplex PCR in comparison with BC were 83.87% and 91.58%, and 74.19% and 91.58%, respectively. The positive predictive value (PPV) and the negative predictive value (NPV) for these two PCRs were 76.47% and 94.57%, and 74.19% and 91.58%, respectively. …”
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Labour Admission Test - A low cost alternative to predict foetal distress and neonatal outcomes by Chandini Sree Lalitha Chinta, Sarvamangala B

“…A statistical analysis comparing normal and abnormal (suspicious + pathological) AT showed high specificity 83.82% and high negative predictive value 92.95%. However, LAT was found to have low sensitivity 59.26% and low positive predictive value 36.36%. …”
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Epidemiological study of human brucellosis among febrile patients in Erbil-Kurdistan region, Iraq by Dhary Alewy Almashhadany, Zean Fetehallah Zefenkey, Mohammed Naji Ahmed Odhah

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the Rose Bengal Test in comparison to the blood culture were 100%, 96.9%, 77.5 %, and 100% respectively. …”
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ASAS criteria for inflammatory back pain: diagnostic significance in patients with inflammatory bowel disease by E. N. Belousova, A. Kh. Odintsova, M. S. Protopopov, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…In our study, the sensitivity of the ASAS criteria for IBD was 76.9% and specificity – 67.2%, positive predictive value was 0.51, a negative predictive value – 0.87. …”
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Evaluating alternatives to the Widal test for typhoid fever diagnosis in developing countries: A targeted literature review by Bereket A. Tegene, Meron T. Eshetie

“…Results: The mean sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the Widal test in this study were 62.94 ± 17.83 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 49.23–76.64); 73.31 ± 18.75 (95% CI: 58.89–87.73); 58.85 ± 40.07 (95% CI: 16.80–100.90) and 75.96 ± 25.93 (95% CI: 46.08–100.45), respectively. …”
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Exercise Right Ventricular‐Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Functional Outcome in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Secondary Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation by Carlo Fino, Diego Bellavia, Michele D'Alonzo, Maurizio Merlo, Vito D. Bruno, Julien Magne, Massimo Caputo, Amedeo Terzi, Michele Senni, Samuele Bichi, Caterina Simon, Edoardo Sciatti, Giovanni Marchetto, Attilio Iacovoni, Philippe Pibarot

“…Linear mixed models were used to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative echocardiographic parameters on the longitudinal distribution of the 6‐minute walking test. …”
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Evaluation of a Machine Learning Model Based on Laboratory Parameters for the Prediction of Influenza A and B in Chongqing, China: Multicenter Model Development and Validation Stud... by Weiwei Hu, Yulong Liu, Jian Dong, Xuelian Peng, Chunyan Yang, Honglin Wang, Yong Chen, Shan Shi, Jin Li

“…Routine blood parameters offer promising predictive value but lack integration into intelligent diagnostic systems for influenza subtyping. …”
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Usefulness of the AHEAD score for prediction of all-cause death in patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes by Shunsuke Tamaki, Akinori Higaki, Hiroshi Kawakami, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Katsuji Inoue, Shuntaro Ikeda, Osamu Yamaguchi, Naoyuki Akashi, Tetsuya Matoba, Takahide Kohro, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Kazuomi Kario, Arihiro Kiyosue, Masaharu Nakayama, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Kenichi Tsujita, Hideo Fujita, Ryozo Nagai

“…Background: The AHEAD (A: atrial fibrillation; H: hemoglobin; E: elderly; A: abnormal renal parameters; D: diabetes mellitus) score was developed to predict all-cause death (ACD) in patients with heart failure. However, its predictive value for ACD compared to the CHADS2 score in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains unknown. …”
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Complete blood counts parameters and neonatal sepsis by Shiva Raj K.C., Purnima Gyawali, Ajaya Kumar Dhakal, Geetika K C, Devendra Shrestha

“…Both MPV and PDW had low positive predictive values (33.3%) but a high negative predictive value (95.2%). …”
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Utility of dual-energy contrast-enhanced spectral mammography for the diagnosis of multicentric breast cancer by A. V. Chyornaya, R.  Kh. Ulyanova, P.  V. Krivorotko, A. S. Artemyeva, S. S. Bagnenko, E. K. Zhiltsova, S. N. Novikov, V. V. Danilov, P.  I. Krzhivitskiy, V. F. Semiglazov

“…The high negative predictive value of CESM (97.6 %) confirms the fact that this modality is an effective method for planning surgery and radiation therapy.…”
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