Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation, phenol neurolysis or conservative medical management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for the RADIOPHENOL randomised controll... by Markus W Hollmann, Johan Haumann, Bram Thiel, Marc B Godfried, Jan-Willem Kallewaard, Paul R de Wit, Rienk van Beek, Monique Schokker, Carin Wensing, Gezina Oei, Derk A van Kampen, Lars Elzinga, Gijs Hendriks, Jeroen van de Heiden, Jan Willem Coumou

“…Secondary outcomes include Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, knee pain by numeric rating scale, physical functionality, health-related quality of life, mental health, change in medication use, predictive value of a diagnostic block, procedure time, patient discomfort score during the intervention and adverse events.Ethics and dissemination The protocol (V.2.0, 15 May 2023), was approved by the Ethics Committee of Amsterdam UMC (NL83410.018.22 – METC2022.0890) on 31 July 2023. …”
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The Relationship Between Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index and Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Myocardial Infarction with No-Obstructive Coronary Arteries by Zhao HW, Wang CF

“…The ROC analysis was used to determine the predictive value of ALI for MACCE in MINOCA patients.Results: Patients with MACCE had a decreased level of body mass index, albumin and ALI, while an increased level of white blood cell count, neutrophils count, N-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, peak cardiac troponin I (P< 0.05). …”
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Combining genetic and non-genetic factors to predict the risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with new-onset diabetes mellitus by Yu Zhou, Zhuo Wu, Liangtang Zeng, Rufu Chen

“…Model 2 had the highest discrimination (Harrell’s C-index 0.823 (95% CI: 0.806–0.840)), demonstrated the best clinical utility with good calibration, and showed significant classification improvement (continuous net reclassification index: 26.89% and 31.93% for cases, 28.51% and 30.90% for controls, compared to Models 1 and 3). The positive predictive value for the top 1% predicted risk in Model 2 was 13.25%. …”
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Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study by Yin S, Wan H, Zhang Y, Zhu M, Wang Z, Cui Z

“…ROC curve analyses indicated that PIV had a high predictive value for both HDP and PE (P < 0.001).Conclusion: Increased PIV levels are associated with a greater risk of developing HDP and PE, suggesting that PIV is an independent risk factor for the development of HDP and PE.Keywords: pan-immune-inflammation value, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preeclampsia, risk, receiver operating characteristic…”
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Mean Nocturnal Baseline Impedance (MNBI) Provides Evidence for Standardized Management Algorithms of Nonacid Gastroesophageal Reflux-Induced Chronic Cough by Yiqing Zhu, Tongyangzi Zhang, Shengyuan Wang, Wanzhen Li, Wenbo Shi, Xiao Bai, Bingxian Sha, Mengru Zhang, Siwan Wen, Cuiqin Shi, Xianghuai Xu, Li Yu

“…The combination predictive value did not show better results than either individual predictor. …”
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Immunohistochemical‐Based Molecular Typing of ACRG Combined With Immune‐Associated PD‐L1 Expression Can Predict the Prognosis of Gastric Cancer by Fang Li, Huiyan Deng, Zeqing Hu, Zihao Chen, Huirui Zhang, Jiankun He, Xiaoxiao Wang, Yueping Liu

“…PD‐L1 positivity correlated with worse survival outcomes, with independent predictive value alongside ACRG subtypes (HR for PD‐L1 = 1.759, p = 0.001; HR for ACRG = 5.144, p < 0.001). …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of risk scores in prediction for the clinical outcomes in patients with acute variceal bleeding by Ling Yang, Rui Sun, Ning Wei, Hong Chen

“…We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the predictive value of GBS, AIMS65, Rockall (clinical Rockall score and full Rockall score), CTP and MELD.Method PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane library, WANGFANG and CNKI were searched. …”
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Performance of a novel computer‐aided diagnosis system in the characterization of colorectal polyps, and its role in meeting Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic I... by Ejaz Hossain, Mohamed Abdelrahim, Andrea Tanasescu, Masayoshi Yamada, Hiroko Kondo, Shijemi Yamada, Ryuji Hamamoto, Atsushi Marugame, Yutaka Saito, Pradeep Bhandari

“…Sensitivity, negative predictive value and accuracy for diminutive polyps on white light imaging (WLI) and image‐enhanced endoscopy (IEE) when assessed by CADx was 90.9% [95% confidence interval (CI) 77.3–100] and 95.8% [95% CI 87.5–100], 80% [95% CI 44.4–97.5] and 90.9% [95% CI 58.7–99.8], 84.8% [95% CI 72.7‐97] and 84.6% [95%CI 71.8‐94.9], respectively, compared to 48.1% [95%CI 37.7–59.1] and 72% [95% CI 62.5–81], 37.5% [95% CI 28.8–46.8] and 55% [95% CI 44.7–65.0], 53.7% [95% CI 44.2–63.2] and 66.7% [95% CI 59.7–73.3] when assessed by endoscopists. …”
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The prognostic significance of semi-quantitative metabolic parameters and tumoral metabolic activity based on 123I-MIBG SPECT/CT in pretreatment neuroblastoma patients by Ziang Zhou, Xu Yang, Guanyun Wang, Xiaoya Wang, Jun Liu, Yanfeng Xu, Kan Ying, Wei Wang, Jigang Yang

“…Abstract Purpose To assess the prognosis predictive value of semi-quantitative metabolic parameters and tumoral metabolic activity based on 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) SPECT/CT in pretreatment neuroblastoma (NB) patients. …”
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Predicting 14-day readmission in middle-aged and elderly patients with pneumonia using emergency department data: a multicentre retrospective cohort study with a survival machine l... by Ta-Chien Chan, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Tian-Shin Yeh, Nguyen Thanh Nhu, Jer-Hwa Chang, Yu-Tien Tzeng, Chia-Chieh Wu, Carlos Lam

“…The most important predictive features included creatinine levels, age, haematocrit levels, Charlson Comorbidity Index scores, and haemoglobin levels, with their predictive value changing over time.Conclusions The RSF model effectively predicts 14-day readmission risk among pneumonia patients. …”
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Study on the correlation between HSP and essential hypertension and inflammatory factors in elderly patients by Yin Yaning, Li Shubin, Dong Xingna, Wu Qian, Wu Zhenli

“…ROC curve was used to analyze the predictive value of serum HSP90α for elderly essential hypertension. …”
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Biomarkers and early-onset acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients, a prospective monocentric observational study by Alice Ruault, Carole Philipponnet, Marina Brailova, Fatma Gamara, Vincent Sapin, Bertrand Evrard, Laure Calvet, Benjamin Bonnet, Mireille Adda, Bertrand Souweine, Claire Dupuis

“…Conclusions In critically ill patients with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, the presence of biomarkers had limited predictive value for the occurrence of EO-AKI. However, TNF-α was found to be associated with EO-AKI non-recovery and s-RAGE and SuPAR were associated with an increased risk of day-90 mortality. …”
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Quantitative EEG features for the prediction of short-term neuromotor development outcome in premature neonates by Yuanyuan Shan, Lin Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yan Xu, Jun Wang, Mingshu Yang, Guoqiang Cheng

“…Automated quantitative EEG (qEEG) analysis provides predictive value for the occurrence of brain injury and outcomes in preterm neonates, among which ABP-δ presented the best predictive performance.…”
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Meta-analysis of prognostic factors in patients with knee arthroplasty by Fengying Guo, Xiaoxia Shi, Honghui Song, Shendong Wang

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that the predictive value of these factors was consistent across different surgical techniques (p = 0.42). …”
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Biliary Microbial Community and Metabolic Potential in Patients with Multiple Common Bile Duct Stones by Xia T, Feng S, Zou Z, Zhou J, Cai X, Ye J, Dai C

“…The unique biliary microbial community holds the predictive value for clinical conditions. The findings provide new insights about biliary microbiota into the etiology of multiple CBDS.Keywords: biliary microbiota, multiple common bile duct stones, 16S rRNA sequencing, metabolic function, bile acid…”
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Perioperative Predictors of Unfavorable Outcome of Vascular Surgery by Viktor V. Moroz, Denis N. Marchenko, Yury V. Skripkin, Taniana S. Zabelina, Alexey M. Ovezov, Valery V. Likhvantsev

“…The study results confirmed the predictive value of early determination of TnT levels after reparative vascular surgeries in patients with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. …”
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National register data are of value in studies on miscarriage—Validation of the healthcare register data in Finland by Nea Helle, Maarit Niinimäki, Reetta Linnakaari, Anna But, Mika Gissler, Oskari Heikinheimo, Maarit Mentula

“…Results The majority of miscarriages registered in the NHDR were confirmed by the hospital records (positive predictive value [PPV] = 93.6% [95% confidence interval [CI] 91.8%–95.4%]). …”
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Comparative analysis of four nutritional scores in predicting delirium in ICU patients by Chunchun Yu, Lefu Chen, Xiong Lei, Zhixiao Xu, Hongjun Zhao, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen

“…PNI demonstrated excellent independent predictive value for ICU delirium, warranting further clinical application and validation.…”
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Risk assessment of adverse drug reactions in elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases: Study on diagnostic accuracy by Ainura T. Sharaeva, Aida A. Zurdinova, Aida T. Satybaldieva

“…We used ROC analysis for assessment of diagnostic accuracy of GERONTONET ADR score and calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values. Results: History of adverse drug reactions ADRs was noted in 2 (1.76%) patients. …”
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Catalyzing early ovarian cancer detection: Platelet RNA-based precision screening by Eunyong Ahn, Se Ik Kim, Sungmin Park, Sarah Kim, Hyejin Lee, Yeochan Kim, Sangick Park, Suyeon Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Heeyeon Kim, HyunA Jo, Untack Cho, Juwon Lee, Cheol Lee, TaeJin Ahn, Yong-Sang Song

“…Here, we proposed our two-step method for assessing the existence of pelvic mass either located at ovaries or uterus with more than 99% specificity by utilizing exon-exon junction features with a sampling invariant normalization technique; then next our model finds the malignancy of detected mass with more than 99% negative predictive value for ovarian cancer to practically assist clinicians’ further investigation via combined features of exon-exon junctions, and hematology parameters. …”
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