Predictors of Lethal Outcomes in Patients with Refractory Septic Shock by А. А. Kochkin, M. Ya. Yadgarov, L. B. Berikashvili, S. N. Perekhodov, V. V. Likhvantsev

“…A retrospective study included 79 patients with refractory septic shock aged from 42 to 74 years (59.7 ± 7.8), with severity of the condition as per SOFA varying from 8 to 16 scores. The predictive value of indicators was assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses.Results. …”
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The triglyceride-glucose index as a predictor of cardiovascular abnormalities in obese patients by Refaat Fathy Abdelaal, Khaled Mohamed Ali Shehata, Michael Hany Shawky Gerges, Salma Mokhtar Osman

“…The TyG can significantly predict cardiovascular risk (ASCVD risk score) (P < 0.001 and AUC = 0.809) at a cut-off value of > 8.92, with 87.5% sensitivity, 65.79% specificity, 44.7% positive predictive value (PPV), and 94.3% negative predictive value (NPV). …”
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Validity of myocardial infarction diagnoses in administrative databases: a systematic review. by Natalie McCormick, Diane Lacaille, Vidula Bhole, J Antonio Avina-Zubieta

“…<h4>Methods</h4>MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched (inception to November 2010) for studies: (a) Using administrative data to identify MI; or (b) Evaluating the validity of MI codes in administrative data; and (c) Reporting validation statistics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value, or Kappa scores) for MI, or data sufficient for their calculation. …”
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Bleeding risk scales in patients with acute coronary syndrome: place of the ORACUL scale by V. A. Brazhnik, L. O. Minushkina, A. O. Averkova, E. A. Zubova, N. R. Khasanov, A. S. Galyavich, M. A. Chichkova, E. D. Kosmacheva, D. A. Zateyshchikov

“…In comparison with such scores as CRUSADE, ACTION-ICU, ACUITY, PARIS, the ORACUL scale had the highest predictive value in relation to the in-hospital bleeding risk. …”
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Feasibility of a rapid C-reactive protein chairside point-of-care test for detecting inflammation in exposed dental pulp: a pilot exploratory study by Mohamed Taha Elfezary, Ahmed Safaa Waly, Eman Hamdy Mohamed

“…The test demonstrated an observed sensitivity of 94.3%, specificity of 87.1%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 90.7%, and negative predictive value (NPV) of 91.9%. …”
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Artificial intelligence in predicting macular hole surgery outcomes: a focus on optical coherence tomography parameters by Yucel Ozturk, Abdullah Ağın, Burcu Yelmi, Nilufer Zorlutuna Kaymak

“…Predictive performance was assessed using accuracy, area under the curve (AUC), positive predictive value (POPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and Kappa statistics. …”
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Prediction of bloodstream infection using machine learning based primarily on biochemical data by Ramtin Zargari Marandi, Frederik Boetius Hertz, Jesper Qvist Thomassen, Steen Christian Rasmussen, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Karen Leth Nielsen, Cameron Ross MacPherson

“…It was more accurate in detecting negatives, with a negative predictive value (NPV) of 0.96 and specificity of 0.74, compared to a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.13 and sensitivity of 0.54. …”
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Diagnostic performance and reliability of ACR Bone-RADS versus REST for reporting bone tumors on conventional radiographs by Zainab A. Ramadan, Fatmaelzahraa Abdelfattah Denewar, Saher Taman, Amel Helmy

“…Both systems exhibited high sensitivity, negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy with relatively low positive predictive value (PPV) [87.2–100%, 95.7–100%, 82–85.8%, 50.7–63%], respectively, in predicting malignant potential with REST showing relatively higher accuracy (82.5–85.8%). …”
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Determining Surgeon’s Accuracy in Predicting the Severity of Appendicitis in Children: A Comparison Between Clinical Diagnosis and Intraoperative Findings by Somya Bhatt, Rahul Saxena, Manish Pathak, Kirtikumar J. Rathod, Avinash Jadhav, Shubhalaxmi Nayak, Arvind Sinha

“…Conclusion: Surgeon prediction was compared with intraoperative findings which were statistically significant with P = 0.0004, a sensitivity of 70.59%, and a specificity of 90.91% (accuracy – 82.05%, positive predictive value – 81.24%, and negative predictive value – 84.72%). …”
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Evaluation of diagnostic methods for detection of trichomoniasis in symptomatic women with vaginal discharge by Gargee Mishra, Kavita Gupta, Srujana Mohanty, Subarna Mitra, Arvind Kumar Singh

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) for wet mount and Giemsa stain were 100% for each parameter compared to culture; while sensitivity and specificity were calculated as 100% and 98.2% for PCR. …”
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Inflammatory markers including NLR, AFR and SII as prognostic factors in neuroblastoma by Chenglong Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, Yu Tian, Huizhong Niu, Pengju Zhang, Jianlei Geng

“…NLR and SII had high predictive value for mortality, with ROC AUCs of 0.90 and 0.89, respectively. …”
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A multi-site validation in India of the line probe assay for the rapid diagnosis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis directly from sputum specimens. by Neeraj Raizada, K S Sachdeva, D S Chauhan, Bharti Malhotra, Kishore Reddy, P V Dave, Yamuna Mundade, Pranav Patel, Ranjani Ramachandran, Ram Das, Rajesh Solanki, Douglas Fraser Wares, Suvanand Sahu, Rick O'Brien, C N Paramasivan, Puneet K Dewan

“…Final LPA performance characteristics were sensitivity 96% (CI: 90%-98%), specificity 99% (CI: 95%-99%), positive predictive value 99% (CI: 95%-99%), and negative predictive value 95% (CI: 89%-98%). …”
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Intensive care infection score: ICIS discriminates between infected and uninfected critically ill patients in routine intensive care unit practice by Emre Deniz, Stefanie Klatte, Nilgün Tekin-Bubenheim, Mathias Zimmermann

“…In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, ICIS exhibited an AUC = 0.984, sensitivity of 90.7%, specificity of 97.5%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 97.7% and negative predictive value (NPV) of 89.9%, by the best cutoff value of 3. …”
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Validity of heart failure diagnoses in administrative databases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Natalie McCormick, Diane Lacaille, Vidula Bhole, J Antonio Avina-Zubieta

“…<h4>Methods</h4>MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched (inception to November 2010) for studies: (a) Using administrative data to identify HF; or (b) Evaluating the validity of HF codes in administrative data; and (c) Reporting validation statistics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value [PPV], negative predictive value, or Kappa scores) for HF, or data sufficient for their calculation. …”
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Postpericardiotomy syndrome: the role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of a systemic inflammatory response after open-heart surgery by E. V. Nakatseva, A. L. Runov, M. S. Vonsky

“…Aim. To assess the predictive value of polymorphic variants analyzing of interleukin-6  (IL-6)  gene  in patients  with postpericardiotomy  syndrome  (PPS) during open-heart surgery.Material and methods. …”
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Diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia in routine gynecological practice by Ye. M. Poliakova, N. S. Lutsenko, N. V. Haidai

“…To estimate the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) in diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia using transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) versus histopathological findings. …”
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Pre-training heart rate variability as a predictor of Air Force Academy completion. by Yosef Kula, Roy Horosov, Yori Gidron, Aya Ekshtein, Barak Gordon, Zev Iversen, Omer Tehori, Oded Ben-Ari

“…The vagal nerve is a crucial moderator of stress responses, and its activity (indexed by heart rate variability, HRV) reflects psycho-physiological resilience and has been shown to predict performance in various settings. However, its predictive value in pilot training has not been examined. …”
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The Role of Genedrive in Point of Care Method For Hepatitis C Elimination in Hemodialysis Center by Andri Sanityoso Sulaiman, Nuri Dyah Indrasari, Ni Made Hustrini, Desti Rachmani

“…Genedrive HCV assay showed 90.6% sensitivity, 96.8% specificity, 92% negative predictive value, and 97% positive predictive value to detect HCV, 10.36 positive likelihood ratio, and 0.09 negative likelihood ratio. …”
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Effectiveness Of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emission (TEOAE) Test For Neonatal Auditory Screening by Shanila Feroz, Iqbal Hussain Udaipurwala, Danish Muhammad Khan, FATIMA IQBAL Hussain

“…Sensitivity of TEOAE was found to be 100%, specificity is 98.9%, accuracy is 99%, positive predictive value is 75% and negative predictive value is 100% in this study. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of increased C reactive protein levels in distal ureteric stone ejection prediction using a CT scan as the gold standard by Mudassar Saeed Pansota, Muhammad Shahzad Saleem, Burhan Barkat, Asra Aleem, Mumtaz Rasool

“…RESULTS: The overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of elevated C reactive protein levels are 92.39%, 95.51%, 92.63%, and 94.02%, respectively, when using a CT scan as the gold standard to predict the ejection of a distal ureteric stone (p-value = 0.0001). …”
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