Performance of scoring systems in selecting short stay medical admissions suitable for assessment in same day emergency care: an analysis of diagnostic accuracy in a UK hospital se... by Elizabeth Sapey, Suzy Gallier, Catherine Atkin, Vinay Reddy-Kolanu, Elizabeth Wallin

“…The positive predictive value of the Amb score in identifying those discharged within 12 hours was 54.5% (95% CI 53.3% to 55.8%). …”
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The diagnostic value of endometrial cytology in diagnosing endometrial pathology by Nadezhda Hinkova, Kamelia Tsvetanova, Tihomir Totev, Margarita Nikolova, Teodora Semova, Dimitar Dimitrov, Elitsa Petkova

“…We compared the cytological results to evaluate the test validity, including sensitivity, specificity, and negative and positive predictive value in the cases with endometrial carcinoma. …”
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Utility of computerized tomography in clinical staging and surgical decision making in patients with uterine cancer by Andrew Tannous, Alexzandra Adler, Jeanelle Sheeder, Rebecca J. Wolsky, Jill Alldredge

“…Diagnostic accuracy metrics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value [PPV], negative predictive value [NPV]) were analyzed to assess the predictive value of CT for determining extrauterine disease, lymphadenopathy, and omental involvement. …”
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Ambulatory pulse wave monitoring: current and future. Opinion paper of Russian Experts by Yu. V. Kotovskaya, A. N. Rogoza, Ya. A. Orlova, I. N. Posokhov

“…The predictive value of vascular biomarkers such as pulse wave velocity (PWV), central arterial pressure (CAP), and augmentation index (AIx), obtained through pulse wave analysis (PWA) in resting conditions, has been documented in a variety of patient groups and populations. …”
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McGill Oximetry Score to Predict Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pediatric Patients by Wing-Shan Chan, Eric Yat-Tung Chan, Daniel Kwok-Keung Ng, Ka-Li Kwok, Ada Yuen-Fong Yip, Shuk-Yu Leung

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value (NPV) of oximetry to predict AHI were calculated. …”
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Use of Pleural Fluid Interferon-gamma Enzyme-linked Immunospot Assay in the Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis by Tika Adilistya, Dalima AW Astrawinata, Ujainah Z Nasir

“…Results: the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the IGRA ELISPOT assay using PFMC for the diagnosis of pleural TB were 100%, 88.89%, 97.5%, and 100%, respectively. …”
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Endoscopic ultrasound in the pre-therapeutic staging of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: the diagnostic value in defining patients eligible for a neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen by Wilko Staiger, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Philipp Ströbel, Miriam Hahn, Stefan Post, Peter Collet, Georg Kähler, Matthias Schwarzbach

“…The specificity was 75% (n = 9/12). The positive predictive value was86.4%. The negative predictive value was 60%.Conclusions: In this series the sensitivity and specificity of EUS for identification of patients eligible for neoadjuvantchemotherapy seem acceptable. …”
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Comparative analysis of three bronchopulmonary dysplasia diagnostic criteria in predicting longterm neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants by Rui Li, Xin Wang, Yanyan Wu, Qiqi Bu, Jing Guo, Dapeng Liu, Yingyuan Wang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Changlian Zhu, Wenqing Kang

“…Abstract This study compared the predictive value of three diagnostic criteria for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in relation to death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) at a corrected age of 24 months in preterm infants born before 32 weeks’ gestation. …”
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Use of ultrasonic elastography in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions by T. V. Dibina, E. S. Drozdov, A. P. Koshel, V. R. Latypov

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, the overall accuracy of the technique accounted for 97, 75, 74, 97 and 84% respectively. …”
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THE PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN THE FEMALE POPULATION DEPENDING ON GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION IN ANAMNESIS by V. . Azizov, A. . Rzayeva, K. . Agayeva, E. . Chatamzade, S. . Mamedova

“…The prevalence of hypertension in the female population, depending on the presence of gestational hypertension history, set the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of gestational hypertension as a predictor of hypertension. …”
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Benign rolandic epilepsy: clinical and electroencephalographic correlates by RUDIMAR DOS SANTOS RIESGO, PRASANNA JAYAKAR, NEWRA TELLECHEA ROTTA

“…We also assessed the relationship between neuroimaging findings and electrographic and clinical classifications, and found a statistically significant association (sensitivity=73.5%; specificity=81.8%; positive predictive value=94.8%; negative predictive value=40.9%). …”
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Large-scale evaluation of bacteriological-based method and qPCR performance for Brucellosis diagnosis in livestock using Bayesian latent class analysis by Giovanna Fusco, Alessandro Bellato, Lorena Cardillo, Agata Campione, Michela Di Roberto, Anna Cerrone, Francesca Bove, Roberta Pellicanò, Maria Ottaiano, Marco Esposito, Antonio Limone, Anna Rita Attili, Esterina De Carlo

“…Bacteriological culture demonstrated a higher Positive Predictive Value (PPV) than qPCR in both buffaloes and cattle, whereas the Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of the two methods did not differ significantly. …”
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Utility of myocardial work by echocardiography in the early diagnosis of cardiotoxicity by Denise Cortes-Pérez, Diana Romero-Zertuche, Gabriela Rodríguez-Guzmán, Itzel Calixto-Guízar, Carlos Martínez-Hernández

“…ROC curves were performed to determine the best cut-off point for global myocardial work to define cardiotoxicity. 2 × 2 tables were made to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value. Results: Cardiotoxicity was established by obtaining cutoff points for global myocardial work index (GWI) with values lower than 1,381.5 mmHg%, Global Constructive Work (GCW) of 1,722 mmHg%, and myocardial efficiency [Global Work Efficiency (GWE)] of 88.5%, with a sensitivity (58.8%, 65.6%, and 52.9%) and specificity (91.8%, 82.1%, and 89.6%) respectively. …”
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Circulating miR-486-3p as a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus and the prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes by Yaqin Hu, Yukai Zeng, Xiaoshuang Du, Qi Li, Yumei Cao, Huihui Song, Zhenlan Wu, Yingxuan Huang

“…Results Downregulation of miR-486-3p expression level was observed in the GDM group compared with healthy individuals. The predictive value of miR-486-3p for early diagnosis of GDM was indicated by the ROC curve. …”
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Limited Diagnostic Value of Routine Screening of Neonates with the Urinary Group B Streptococcal Antigen Tests by Kai-Hsiang Hsu, Ming-Chou Chiang, Reyin Lien, Peng-Hong Yang, Shih-Ming Chu, Jen-Fu Hsu, Ren-Huei Fu

“…These data allowed calculation of the sensitivity (68.4%), specificity (99.4%), positive predictive value (24.5%), and negative predictive value (99.9%). …”
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Correlation between Coagulation Fibrinolysis Function and Outcomes during Hospitalization in Patients with Severe Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock by Louwei Zhang, Maosheng Lin, Xuhua Tang, Yejiang Tang

“…The coagulation fibrinolysis indexes have a certain predictive value for outcomes of patients.…”
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Peak early‐phase enhancement ratio on contrast‐enhanced MRI to differentiate chromophobe renal cell carcinoma from oncocytoma by Deanna Thorson, Davide Bova, Maria M. Picken, Marcus L. Quek, Gopal N. Gupta, Hiten D. Patel

“…A PEER cutoff value of ≤1.05 had sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of 100% for the averaged PEER measurements between the two radiologists. …”
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Isolated ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Involving Leads I and aVL: Angiographic and Electrocardiographic Correlations from a Tertiary Care Center by Abhishek Singh, Sudhanshu Dwivedi, Akshyaya Pradhan, Varun S Narain, Rishi Sethi, Sharad Chandra, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Gaurav Chaudhary, Monika Bhandari, Akhil Sharma

“…ST-segment depression in lead V2 had a positive predictive value of 60% and a negative predictive value of 100% for LCX-OM1 as IRA. …”
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Comparison of Partec Rapid Malaria Test with Conventional Light Microscopy for Diagnosis of Malaria in Northwest Ethiopia by Meseret Birhanie

“…The sensitivity and specificity of Partec rapid malaria test were 93.8% (95% CI = 87.1%–100%) and 87.9% (95% CI = 79.7%–96.1%), respectively, while the positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 6.4% (95% CI = 77.2%–95.5%) and 94.6% (95% CI = 88.7%–100%), respectively. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Detecting Spinal Dysraphism in Infants, Taking MRI as the Gold Standard by Nosheen Ahmad, Amna Rehan, Abdul Rauf, Mahreen Rasool, Hassan Bukhari, Fiza Kamran

“…Results: We observed that the overall sensitivity was 91.43%, specificity 94.44%, positive predictive value (PPV) 94.12%, negative predictive value (NPV) 91.89%, and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detecting spinal dysraphism in infants was 92.96. …”
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