Strengths and limitations of diagnostic tools for endometriosis and relevance in diagnostic test accuracy research

E Pascoal, JM Wessels, MK Aas‐Eng… - … in obstetrics & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease that can cause pain, infertility and reduced
quality of life. Diagnosing endometriosis remains challenging, which yields diagnostic …

Understanding diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic curves

AK Akobeng - Acta paediatrica, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The results of many clinical tests are quantitative and are provided on a continuous scale. To
help decide the presence or absence of disease, a cut‐off point for 'normal'or 'abnormal'is …

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values: foundations, pliabilities, and pitfalls in research and practice

R Trevethan - Frontiers in public health, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Within the context of screening tests, it is important to avoid misconceptions about sensitivity,
specificity, and predictive values. In this article, therefore, foundations are first established …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic testing accuracy: Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios

J Shreffler, MR Huecker - 2020 - europepmc.org
Results: Sensitivity Sensitivity=(True Positives (A))/(True Positives (A)+ False Negatives (C))
Sensitivity=(369 (A))/(369 (A)+ 15 (C)) Sensitivity= 369/384 Sensitivity= 0.961 Specificity …

Prevalence of sarcopenia among community‐dwelling elderly of a medium‐sized South American city: results of the COMO VAI? study

TG Barbosa‐Silva, RM Bielemann… - Journal of cachexia …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is insufficient data concerning sarcopenia prevalence in South America.
The aim of this study was to estimate sarcopenia prevalence and its clinical subgroups in a …

Automated characterization and classification of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction by decomposition of ECG signals: A comparative study

UR Acharya, H Fujita, M Adam, OS Lih… - Information …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main cause of cardiac death worldwide. The
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of these CVD deaths. CAD …

Artificial intelligence in dermatology—where we are and the way to the future: a review

DT Hogarty, JC Su, K Phan, M Attia, M Hossny… - American journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Although artificial intelligence has been available for some time, it has garnered significant
interest recently and has been popularized by major companies with its applications in …

The dark side of the moon: meta-analytical impact of recruitment strategies on risk enrichment in the clinical high risk state for psychosis

P Fusar-Poli, F Schultze-Lutter… - Schizophrenia …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: The individual risk of developing psychosis after being tested for clinical high-
risk (CHR) criteria (posttest risk of psychosis) depends on the underlying risk of the disease …

Understanding diagnostic tests 2: likelihood ratios, pre‐and post‐test probabilities and their use in clinical practice

AK Akobeng - Acta paediatrica, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The sensitivity and specificity of a test cannot be used to estimate probability of disease in
individual patients. They can, however, be combined into a single measure called the …

[HTML][HTML] Estudios de exactitud diagnóstica: Herramientas para su Interpretación

S Bravo-Grau, JP Cruz - Revista chilena de radiología, 2015 - SciELO Chile
Estudios de exactitud diagnóstica: Herramientas para su Interpretación SciELO - Scientific
Electronic Library Online vol.21 número4 Extravasación de medios de contraste intravenosos …