Early Neonatal Mortality (< 24 h) in Ecuador: A Population-Based Study on the Impact of Apgar Score, Gestational Age, Birth Weight, Delivery Type, and Healthcare Level by Iván Dueñas-Espín, María Alejandra Montaluisa, Andrea Aguilar-Molina, Fernando Aguinaga, Luciana Armijos-Acurio, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, Ángela León Cáceres, María F. Rivadeneira, Silvana Rivera-Guerra, Xavier Sánchez, Betzabé Tello

“…These findings underscore the importance of Apgar evaluation in neonates and suggest a predictive value of the score for early neonatal mortality.…”
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Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-labeled somatostatin receptor imaging for suspected pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas by Bo Li, Xintao Ding, Jie Zhang, Minmin Tang, Huimin Liu, Xinyu Wu, Yongju Gao

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and overall accuracy of the imaging modality were calculated. …”
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The diagnostic utility of lung ultrasound in the assessment of interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis by Shaoyu Zheng, Zexuan Zhou, Guangzhou Du, Qingzi Chen, Shaoqi Chen, Jianqun Lin, Shijian Hu, Weijin Zhang, Kedi Zheng, Jinghua Zhuang, Meigan Huang, Barbara Ruaro, Cosimo Bruni, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Daniel E. Furst, Yukai Wang

“…The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of LUS were 86.84% and 77.27%, respectively. The positive predictive value, negative predictive value, a positive likelihood ratio and a negative likelihood ratio were 86.84%, 77.27%, 3.82, and 0.17, respectively. …”
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Predicting the Risk of Preterm Birth Throughout Pregnancy Based on a Novel Transcriptomic Signature by Yang Pan, Yuxin Ran, Dongni Huang, Nanlin Yin, Yanqing Wen, Yan Jiang, Yamin Liu, Hongbo Qi

“…It aimed to identify the transcriptomic signature essential for the occurrence of PTB and evaluate its predictive value in early, mid, and late pregnancy and in women with threatened preterm labor (TPTL). …”
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Diagnostic Effectiveness of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 in Assessing the Risk of Developing Graft Dysfunction in Liver Recipient Children by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, A. G. Olefirenko, O. E. Gichkun, L. V. Makarova, R. A. Monakhov, P. O. Shevchenko

“…The accuracy of the method, the positive predictive value and the negative predictive value of the results were 78, 83 and 77 %, respectively. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical-friendly model for predicting 180-day mortality in the older with community-acquired pneumonia by Bingxuan Weng, Lixue Huang, Wenshu Jiao, Yuanqi Wang, Mengyuan Wang, Xuefeng Zhong, Xunliang Tong, Jin Jin, Yanming Li

“…The performance of model in predicting both short- and long-term mortality was compared with CURB-65 using AUC, sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value. Results A total of 619 patients, with a median age of 78 years (IQR: 70.5–85.0), were included in the analysis. …”
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Serum sFlt-1/PlGF ratio combined with ANXA2 correlates with adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with suspected preeclampsia by YaNuan Chen, LiYing Huang, JingWen Zhang, Ning Guo

“…The combination of the two indicators had a high predictive value for adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with suspected PE (AUC 0.858, 95CI% 0.785–0.931).Conclusion An sFlt-1/PlGF ratio ≥ 85 combined with circulating ANXA2 < 6.13 ng/mL accurately identifies those at high risk for PE-related adverse outcomes, and its early warning efficacy is significantly superior to current single-biomarker strategies. …”
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Application of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: an analytical study by Yiru Weng, Zhouzhou Dong, Gongjie Ye, Linhui Shi, Panpan Liu, Tingting Zhou, Honghua Ye

“…Using logistic regression, we identified CRRT failure predictors, evaluated their predictive value via ROC analysis, and developed/validated a nomogram prediction model. …”
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Association between relative fat mass and risk of gallstones in adults by Jianjun Wang, Wei He, Ruizi Shi, Yu Huang, Chuan Qin, Xi Chen, Xintao Zeng, Yongwei Huang, Decai Wang

“…The results of the ROC curves suggested that the predictive value of RFM for GS prevalence was superior to that of BMI. …”
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Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in Swedish preschool children: a screening study by Lisa Dinkler, Katarzyna Brimo, Helena Holmäng, Kahoko Yasumitsu-Lovell, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Anne-Katrin Kantzer, Zerina Omanovic, Narufumi Suganuma, Masamitsu Eitoku, Mikiya Fujieda, Elisabeth Fernell, Per Möllborg, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Christopher Gillberg, Maria Råstam

“…Results Of the 42 children (6.5%) who screened positive for ARFID, 29 were followed up via diagnostic interview, and 21 received an ARFID diagnosis, yielding a positive predictive value of 72%. Negative predictive value, sensitivity, specificity, and overall accuracy of the ARFID-Brief Screener were 94%, 91%, 79%, and 84%, respectively. …”
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Diagnostic performance of ultrasound S-Detect technology in evaluating BI-RADS-4 breast nodules ≤ 20 mm and > 20 mm by Boyuan Xing, Chen Gu, Chenghui Fu, Bingyi Zhang, Yandi Tan

“…Using pathology results as the gold standard, we applied receiver operator characteristics (ROC), sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), accuracy (ACC), positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) to analyze the diagnostic value of BI-RADS, S-Detect, and the two techniques in combination (Co-Detect) in the diagnosis of BI-RADS 4 breast nodules ≤ 20 mm and > 20 mm. …”
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Supervised Machine Learning Models for Predicting Sepsis-Associated Liver Injury in Patients With Sepsis: Development and Validation Study Based on a Multicenter Cohort Study by Jingchao Lei, Jia Zhai, Yao Zhang, Jing Qi, Chuanzheng Sun

“…Model performance was evaluated using accuracy, balanced accuracy, Brier score, detection prevalence, F1-score, Jaccard index, κ coefficient, Matthews correlation coefficient, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, precision, recall, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC-AUC), precision-recall AUC, and decision curve analysis. …”
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Don’t go chasing waterfalls: Multiple factor prediction of injuries in a performance context by Melanie I. Stuckey, Dean Kriellaars

“…Injury surveillance informs risk management strategies for athletes and performing artists yet the predictive value of multiple factors is understudied. This study analyzed demographic, sleep, fatigue, body composition, symmetry/proportionality, and psychological data from a cohort of circus arts students to predict injury presence and duration using regression models. …”
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ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ РАННЕЙ ДИАГНОСТИКИ ОСТРОГО ИНФАРКТА МИОКАРДА С ПОМОЩЬЮ БЕЛКА, СВЯЗЫВАЮЩЕГО ЖИРНЫЕ КИСЛОТЫ. РОССИЙСКОЕ МНОГОЦЕНТРОВОЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ИСПОЛИН... by А. И. Мартынов, М. И. Воевода, Г. П. Арутюнов, В. А. Кокорин, А. А. Спасский, А. А. Михайлов

“…On results of the multicentre study ISPOLIN, which included 1049 patients in 17 cities of the Russian Federation, the new domestic express-test for the qualitative determination of cardiac fatty acid binding protein, has more sensitivity, accuracy and predictive value compared with the test of the troponin I in the first 12 h of AMI and can be recommended for wide application in practice.…”
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The quantitative prediction of tectonic fractures of Longmaxi formation in Dingshan area, southeastern Sichuan Basin by Jiatong Xie, Qirong Qin, Cunhui Fan, Dongfeng Hu, Hu Li

“…Compared the fracture density predictive value and the observed value of 15 wells, all wells relative error less than 25%. …”
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Does the Decrease in Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio after BCG Treatment Be a Prognostic Marker for NMIBC? by Aykut Başer

“…We aimed to determine the predictive value of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for recurrence and/or progression of the disease.Materials and Methods:Seventy patients with high-risk NMIBC according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) risk classification who were receiving Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment and were followed up at our clinic were included in the study.Results:The average score level and NLR values differed significantly on patient classification according to the EORTC Progression and Recurrence Risk score. …”
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Diagnostic relevance of fine needle aspiration cytology in nodular thyroid lesions by Knežević-Ušaj Slavica, Eri Živka, Panjković Milana, Klem Ištvan, Petrović Tomislav, Ivković-Kapicl Tatjana, Karapandžić Aleksandra, Jelić Jasmina

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate our FNAC findings by correlating cytological results with histological diagnosis and to define the sensitivity, diagnostic accuracy and positive predictive value of FNAC. Methods. A total of 266 patients with thyroid swellings were aspirated in one year investigated period at our Institute out of whom 69 underwent surgery between May 2008 and May 2009. …”
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Scoring Systems to Predict Survival or Neurological Recovery after Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest by Rishi Naik, Indrajeet Mandal, Diana A Gorog

“…NULL-PLEASE and CAST are recommended as the best scores to predict mortality and neurological outcome, respectively, due to the extent of external validation, ease of use and high predictive value of the variables. Whether use of these scores can lead to more cost-effective service delivery remains unclear.…”
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Metabolomic and genomic prediction of common diseases in 700,217 participants in three national biobanks by Nightingale Health Biobank Collaborative Group

“…Lastly, we assessed the incremental predictive value of metabolomic scores over existing clinical risk scores for multiple diseases and found modest improvements in discrimination for several diseases whose clinical utility, while promising, remains to be determined.…”
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MASSIVE TUMOR BURDEN IN HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN YOUNG ADULTS by A. P. Karitsky

“…The aim of the study was the assessment of tumor burden’s components (a mediastinum/thoracic ratio – MTR, peripheral bulky disease, and number of involved lymph nodes) in young adults with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the analysis of their predictive value. Data on 87 patients aged from 19 till 29 years (median 24 ± 4 years) are submitted. …”
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