Sensitivity and specificity

Evaluator 1 Questionable 6 10 16 Genuine 1 149 150 Total 7 159 166 Sculptures and Drawings Evaluator 2 Questionable Genuine Total Evaluator 1 Questionable 59 6 65 Genuine 2 6 8 Total 61 12 73 The second part is their specificity, which is in some ways the reverse – that they know a genuine article when they see one. These are far from being the same thing. An evaluator

ABSTRACT Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a critical complication after pediatric cardiac surgery that significantly diminishes the quality of life. Early detection of AKI after pediatric cardiac surgery can lead to better preventive and therapeutic interventions. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as an early marker of acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in pediatric cardiac patients. We measured serum

Think of hypothetical screening programs for diseases of interest to you; find one example of a disease where high sensitivity would be more important, and one example where high specificity would be more important. Screening programs utilize diagnostic tests on individuals who are asymptomatic of certain diseases and the intent of diagnostic tests are used to establish the probability of having a certain disease (New York State, Department of Health (n.d.). As a provider, the fundamental intention

acquisition process. In our study we found that DCE-MRI had sensitivity (92.3%), specificity (81%) and accuracy (85.3%).These results were compared to that of Kul et al. (19) who reported 75.7% sensitivity, 97.5% specificity and 88.1% accuracy. Overlap in morphologic characteristics and kinetic features of malignant and benign lesions caused improper classifications. In an attempt to increase diagnostic efficacy, mainly the specificity of breast MR, we evaluated the additional role of DWI and MRS

injury as well as the classic signs and symptoms experienced by an individual after meniscal pathology. Neither the introduction nor the brief literature review goes over what exactly sensitivity and specificity imply in the results. Sensitivity being how good the test is at detecting meniscal tears and specificity being how good the test is at identifying normal knee (Mohan, 2007). Also, there is no mention of what constitutes a false-positive and a false-negative result encountered during

ratio was 1: 1.66 [Mardan et al., 2007]. Ultrasonography is an affordable, noninvasive tool whose results can be obtained more quickly than for C T scans [Incesu et al., 1997]. Many studies proved that, ultrasound has a high sensitivity ranged from 55% to 98% and specificity ranged from 50% to 100%, PPV ranged from 80.48% to 97.4, NPV ranged from 19.51% to 89.19% and accuracy ranged from 70.91% to 81%.. These results emphasize that appositive ultrasonographic findings for appendicitis is strongly

First of all, I would like to mention that it is more reasonable to compare the models that are based on the same data, so I tried to use the same variables and the same missing value treatment approach (excluding decision tree) to all of the models. All the 3 models showed a performance of nearly the same quality, according to the various lift charts produced and presented in the further parts of the report. However, the difference becomes more evident on the % captured response and the most

sarcoidosis. Promising results show high sensitivity for identifying pathophysiological activity at an early stage before structural changes have occurred as well as value of reproducible activity quantification when emphasizing in therapy monitoring. Although gallium-67 scintigraphy has traditionally been used in sarcoidosis patients, cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) along with myocardial perfusion scans have shown superiority that mostly includes higher sensitivity in detecting active

Neonatal contamination can be obtained • In utero transplacentally or through ruptured membranes • Within the delivery canal at some point of transport (intrapartum) • From outside resources after delivery (postpartum) In utero contamination, that can arise any time earlier than delivery, results from overt or subclinical maternal infection. Results depend on the agent and timing of contamination in gestation and encompass spontaneous abortion, intrauterine boom restriction, premature delivery, stillbirth

Bipolar Disorder II (BPD-II) is a relatively new disorder, first appearing in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) as a separate condition to Bipolar Disorder I (BPD-I), which until then was deemed as being a personality style (Parker, 2015). BPD-II is more often than not described as being the “lite” version of BPD-I (Phelps, 2012) thought to have much less incapacitating effects on the individual however; its disease burden is comparable to that of BPD-I