Predictive value of serologic tests. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1983 An analysis of serologic tests for treponemal disease performed in Australian aboriginal communities is used to illustrate factors influencing the predictive value positive of serologic tests. Simple extrapolation of predictive value estimates, from prevalence, sensitivity, and specificity data, is complicated by variation of specificity between ...
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Negative predictive value of drug provocation tests in children [PDF]
, 2014 WOS: 000348453700010PubMed ID: 25283219BackgroundThe negative predictive value of the drug provocation test is important for both the patient and the physician. However, in children, this predictive value is unresolved. MethodsThe study included patients
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The National Medical Admission Test and medical student selection: rethinking cutoff validity and fairness [PDF]
Korean Journal of Medical EducationPurpose The Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines mandates a minimum National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) percentile rank—typically the 40th percentile—for medical school admission. However, percentile rank is cohort-dependent and varies in
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Predictive validity of the UK clinical aptitude test in the final years of medical school:a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) was designed to address issues identified with traditional methods of selection. This study aims to examine the predictive validity of the UKCAT and compare this to traditional selection methods in the ...
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The role of the Revised Trauma Score in penetrating trauma [PDF]
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesIntroduction: The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is one of the primary tools used to predict mortality in trauma patients. RTS is calculated at admission based on respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure, and Glasgow Coma Scale score. Its accuracy has been
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Drug Challenge Tests With General Anesthetics: Predictive Value of Skin Tests [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The study of perioperative drug reactions remains a major challenge for both diagnosis and therapy. The lack of a standard assessment of allergy to general anesthetics and of data establishing the true value of skin tests for most drugs used ...
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Predictive value of anatomically difficult airway tests
Acta Médica del Centro, 2020 Introduction: the treatment of the airway is important in the care that involves the practice of the Specialist in Anesthesiology, the prior identification of the patient with an anatomically difficult airway is a priority.
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The Predictive Value of Liver Tests for the Presence of Liver Metastases
Hepatic Oncology, 2023 To analyze the predictive value of biochemical liver tests in patients with malignant melanoma, breast, colorectal or lung cancers at the time of diagnosis of liver metastases.A retrospective review of patients with the above-mentioned solid tumors at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital from 2016-2020.The highest optimal cutoff according to ...
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Are product spreads useful for forecasting? An empirical evaluation of the Verleger hypothesis [PDF]
, 2013 Notwithstanding a resurgence in research on out-of-sample forecasts of the price of oil in recent years, there is one important approach to forecasting the real price of oil which has not been studied systematically to date. This approach is based on the
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Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of different tests for the diagnosis of S.mansoni. [PDF]
, 2013 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of different tests for the diagnosis of S.mansoni.
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