Accuracy of Individual Descriptors and Grading of Nodal Involvement by Axillary Ultrasound in Patients of Breast Cancer by Navneet Kaur, Pradeep Sharma, Akhil Garg, Anupama Tandon

“…The most accurate descriptors to indicate nodal involvement were loss of hilar fat and hypoechoic internal echoes with specificity of 83% and positive predictive value of 92% each. The combination of descriptors of round shape with loss of hilar fat and hypoechoic internal echos had 100% specificity and positive predictive value. …”
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Total lymphocyte count as a tool for timing opportunistic infection prophylaxis in resource-limited settings: a study from India by Sreenivasan Srirangaraj, Dasegowda Venkatesha

“…Methodology: Spearman correlation between CD4 count and TLC was assessed in patients attending the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at Mysore, India. Positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, and specificity of various TLC cut-offs were computed for CD4 counts < 200 cells/mm3. …”
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Differences in serum anti-PLA2R antibody determination in Uygur patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy in Xinjiang by ZHANG Jin, LU Chen, ZHANG Jing-jing

“…Objective To detect the sensitivity and specificity of anti-PLA2 R antibodies in Uygur patient with idiopathic membranous nephropathy（IMN）,understand whether the serum anti-PLA2 R antibody can be regarded as the biomarker in Uygur patients with IMN,then study whether there are differences in the expression of anti-PLA2 R antibody between Uygurs and other nationalities.Methods The clinic data of 29 IMN patients（test group）and 29 non-IMN patients（control group）in Uygurfrom November 2016 to May 2017 were collected.IMN was diagnosed by renal puncture biopsy.In the control group,there was IgA nephropathy,minimal lesion,focal periodic glomerular sclerosis and mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.The fasting blood in the morning was taken out on the second day after admission.The serum antiPLA2 R antibody was detected.Clinical data were estimated by ROC curve.Results The positive rate of anti-PLA2 R antibody in the test group was 58.62%（n=17/29）,and that in the control group was 0.The sensitivity and specificity of serum anti-PLA2 R antibody in Uygur patients with IMN were 58.62% and 100%,95% confidence was[68.9-93.9],the positive predictive value was 100%,negative predictive value was 70.73%,and the coincidence was 79.31%.Conclusions The serum anti-PLA2 R antibody can be regarded as the biomarker in Uygur patients with IMN.The sensitivity and specificity of serum anti-PLA2 R antibody in Uygur patients with IMN may differ from those in other nationalities.…”
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The Benefit of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Cleopas Martin Rumende, Edward J Hadi, Gloria Tanjung, Imelda N Saputri, Raditya Sasongko

“…Diagnostic test from IGRA for extrapulmonary TB found as follows: sensitivity 87,71%, specificity 63%, positive predictive value 83,33%, and negative predictive value 70,83%. …”
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Predicting survival after liver transplantation based on pre-transplant MELD score: a systematic review of the literature. by Kristin B Klein, Taenia D Stafinski, Devidas Menon

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive value of the pre-transplantation MELD score on post-transplant survival from relevant existing studies. …”
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Comparative Study of Cervical Pap Smear and Visual Inspection of The Cervix To Detect Premalignant Disease of The Cervix by Rozhan Yassin Khalil, Khanda Abdolrahman Qader

“…The result indicate that sensitivity rate was 16% for visual inspection method, specificity 71%, positive predictive value 3.13% and negative predictive value 93.9% to detect pre-cancerous lesion of the cervix. …”
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Tongue scalloping as a sign of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Clinical and polysomnographic insights by Lalitkumar B. Patel, Maitri M. Patel, Dhara K. Patel, Dhruvkumar M. Patel, Stuti P. Shah, Vensi A. Patel, Mukundkumar V. Patel

“…TS exhibited moderate specificity (79.5%) and a high negative predictive value (84.2%) for OSAS diagnosis. It showed the highest specificity for nocturnal desaturation (84%) and had a high positive predictive value (90%). …”
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The role of human papillomavirus typization and cytology in early detection of relapse of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by Živadinović Radomir, Lilić Vekoslav, Đorđević Biljana, Stanojević Zorica, Petrić Aleksandra, Lilić Goran

“…HPV typization has higher predictive value for diagnosis of the rezidual disease in older patients. …”
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The Benefit of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Cleopas Martin Rumende, Edward J Hadi, Gloria Tanjung, Imelda N Saputri, Raditya Sasongko

“…Diagnostic test from IGRA for extrapulmonary TB found as follows: sensitivity 87,71%, specificity 63%, positive predictive value 83,33%, and negative predictive value 70,83%. …”
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Assessing Hospital Readmission Risk Factors in Heart Failure Patients Enrolled in a Telemonitoring Program by Adrian H. Zai, Jeremiah G. Ronquillo, Regina Nieves, Henry C. Chueh, Joseph C. Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani

“…The psychosocial readmission model yielded an AUC of 0.67, along with sensitivity 0.87, specificity 0.32, positive predictive value 0.44, and negative predictive value 0.8 at a cutoff value of 0.30. …”
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Early detection of intractable postpartum hemorrhage by Saori Yoshimura, Yutaka Iwagoi, Fumitaka Saito, Chisato Kodera, Rumi Sasaki, Munekage Yamaguchi, Takashi Ohba, Eiji Kondoh

“…The results indicated that a TI-V of less than 2 s strongly predicted intractable PPH, with a positive predictive value of 100% and a negative predictive value of 98.2%. …”
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Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury: From Pathogenesis to Risk Reduction by I. A. Mazerkina

“…The identification of the allele combinations associated with an increased risk of iDILI seems promising for enhancing the predictive value of genetic studies and may be used in personalised medicine.…”
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Establishing an AI-based diagnostic framework for pulmonary nodules in computed tomography by Ruiting Jia, Baozhi Liu, Mohsin Ali

“…The diagnostic accuracy was 90.58%, with an overall positive predictive value of 89% and an overall negative predictive value of 86%. …”
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Evaluating the concordance between Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System scores and bladder tumor histopathology by Hasan Gungor, Ahmet Camtosun, Ibrahim Topcu, Leyla Karaca

“…Sensitivity of the VI-RADS score was 100%; specificity was 23%; the negative predictive value was 100%; and the positive predictive value was 62%. …”
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A Nomogram Prediction Model for Clinical Outcome of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy Patients with Severe Multiple Trauma by Jun Shen, Feng Xu

“…Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the predictive value of thromboelastography (TEG) combined with conventional coagulation test parameters for the clinical outcome of patients with trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) and establish and evaluate a clinical nomogram for predicting the prognosis of TIC patients. …”
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Dyschromonychia: clinical significance in a South African population by P.F. Levay, M.E. Botes, E. Malela

“…DCO was found to have a 66% sensitivity, 92% specificity, 66% positive predictive value, 92% negative predictive value, a positive likelihood ratio of 8.2 and a negative likelihood ratio of 0.4 for HIV (inpatients). …”
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Preoperative immune-inflammation index in predicting the diagnosis and adverse pathological features of prostate cancer by Chao-Long Liang, Wei-Da Li, Jian Wang

“…Although SII alone has limited predictive value, its cost-effectiveness and accessibility make it a valuable tool for stratified PCa management. …”
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A novel approach to overcome black box of AI for optical diagnosis in colonoscopy by Youmin Shin, Jung Ho Bae, Jung Kim, Jinwook Choi, Young-Gon Kim

“…Comparative evaluation showed that niceAI had accuracy comparable to that of deep learning models (area under the curve, 0.946; accuracy, 0.883; sensitivity, 0.888; specificity, 0.879; positive predictive value, 0.893; negative predictive value, 0.872). …”
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The usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography in differentiation between benign and malignant gastric ulcer by Roganović Branka, Perišić Nenad, Roganović Ana

“…The total point score of ≥ 4 was the cut-off pointscore value which gave the best reliability parameters in the assessment of malignant ulcers: sensitivity of 70%, specificity of 95%, positive predictive value of 93.3%, negative predictive value of 76% and accuracy of 82.5%. …”
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Clinical utility of performing FAST scan in hemodynamically stable patients presenting with blunt abdominal trauma in level one trauma center by Shaikha Khaled Almansoor, Reem Hamed Althawadi, Thamer Abduljabbar Alabbasi, Salah Ali Al-Ghanem

“…A higher negative predictive value (NPV) (86.4%) compared to a positive predictive value (66.6%) and a high accuracy rate (84.8%) was observed. …”
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