Use in isolation WCC >17 yielded: sensitivity =0.25; specificity =0.94; PPV =0.88. Used in isolation CRP >20 yielded: sensitivity =0.52; specificity =0.91; PPV =0.91. Combined WCC >17 and CRP >20 ...

ARDS survival was significantly predicted by improvement in the P/F ratio in patients who underwent 3 periods of prone ...

Generally, however, a trade-off must be made between sensitivity and specificity ... prevalence of diabetes in the population affects the PPV. The nature of the population may also affect the ...

With this classification, the sensitivity of repeated MMSE for detecting dementia was 68%, and the specificity was 70% (PPV, 42%; NPV, 88%). With a score of ≤24 on the MMSE as the absolute ...