Cholecystitis
"Revised estimates of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity in suspected biliary tract disease". Arch. Intern. Med. 154 ( ... Given its higher sensitivity, hepatic iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan can be used if ultrasound is not diagnostic. CT scan may ... Fink-Bennett D, Freitas JE, Ripley SD, Bree RL (August 1985). "The sensitivity of hepatobiliary imaging and real-time ...
Autoimmune hypophysitis
"Sensitivity and specificity of six tests for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 87 (5): 2067-79 ...
Clinical case definition
Public Health Epidemiology Outbreak Sensitivity and specificity Diagnostic criteria Keou FX1 Bélec L, Esunge PM, Cancre N, ... Posthumous diagnosis allows to establish the sensitivity and specificity of the clinical definitions. ...
CODY Assessment
The specificity of the CODY Assessment is 81 and the sensitivity is 76. The Ratz-Index is 0,68, which shows a good level of ...
Sore throat
Specificity for most rapid tests is approximately 95%, however sensitivity is about 85%. Although the use of rapid testing has ... Throat cultures are effective for people who have a low bacterial count (high sensitivity), however, throat cultures usually ...
Silk-glove sign
This physical finding has a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 97.3%. Yeo, Charles J.; McFadden, David W.; Pemberton, John ...
Cortisol
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) can improve specificity and sensitivity. Some medical disorders are ... Automated immunoassays lack specificity and show significant cross-reactivity due to interactions with structural analogs of ... further complemented by a decrease in the sensitivity of peripheral tissue to insulin, thus preventing this tissue from taking ...
Urea breath test
The value is chosen that gives the best combination of sensitivity and specificity. Both carbon-14 and carbon-13 urea breath ... tests have high sensitivity and specificity, though the carbon-13 test is preferred in certain populations due to its non- ...
Saliva testing
Yaari, et al., reported in 2006 that saliva testing for anti-HCV antibodies yielded a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity ... A 2011 study demonstrated that HBV surface antigen saliva testing using ELISA had a sensitivity and specificity of 93.6% and ... A 2007 study reported a sensitivity and specificity of 100% for salivary testosterone in ruling out hypogonadism and concluded ... With continued research into the field of salivary testing, accuracy parameters such as sensitivity and specificity will ...
Detection limit
Saah AJ, Hoover DR (1998). "[Sensitivity and specificity revisited: significance of the terms in analytic and diagnostic ... also termed LOD for limit of detection or analytical sensitivity (not to be confused with statistical sensitivity), is the ... the sensitivity of the system (i.e., the slope of the line, or the function relating the measured signal to the quantity to be ... analytical sensitivity) of the calibration plot and a defined confidence factor (e.g. 3.2 being the most accepted value for ...
White-footed mouse
... sensitivity, and specificity". Journal of Medical Entomology. 45 (1): 139-147. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[139:ercobb]2.0.co; ...
United States biological defense program
Both systems lacked enough specificity and sensitivity to be of any practical use. But in 1966, a research effort directed at ...
Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen
The study resulted in a sensitivity of 78.44% and a specificity of 90.22%. FAST (stroke) Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale ... A January 2000 study, conducted by 3 teams of Los Angeles-based paramedic units resulted in "sensitivity of 91% (95% CI, 76% to ... 98%), specificity of 97% (95% CI, 93% to 99%), positive predictive value of 86% (95% CI, 70% to 95%), and negative predictive ...
Inverted papilloma
The study reported the sensitivity and specificity to be 100% and 87% respectively. CCP can be associated with other malignant ...
Timeline of tuberous sclerosis
1987 MR was judged superior to CT imaging for both sensitivity and specificity. In a study of fifteen patients, it identified ... Takanashi J, Sugita K, Fujii K, Niimi H (October 1995). "MR evaluation of tuberous sclerosis: increased sensitivity with fluid- ...
Intra-abdominal infection
The sensitivity and specificity of MRI in diagnosing acute appendicitis are 94% and 96% respectively. Laparoscopic surgery has ... CT scan has higher sensitivity and specificity than ultrasound to access the condition. However, CT scan poses radiation risk ...
Multiple sclerosis diagnosis
In some reports the MRZR showed a lower sensitivity than OCB (70% vs. 100%), but a higher specificity (69% vs. 92%) for MS. ... The first criteria however were lacking in sensitivity and specificity for clinical use. The first landmark event in the ...
Ultrasonography of deep vein thrombosis
Compression ultrasonography has both high sensitivity and specificity for detecting DVT in symptomatic patients. Results are ...
Twisted intercalating nucleic acid
TINA stabilized PT demonstrates improved sensitivity and specificity of DNA based clinical diagnostic assays. Triple helixes ... TINA-DNA primers have been shown to increase the specificity of binding in PCR. The use of TINA insertions in G-quadruplexes ... An increase in Tm increases the specificity of assays, like PCR. Recent studies show that the use of TINA insertions in G- ... TFOs hold promise in anti-gene therapy, due to their high sequence specificity. However, the potassium levels in vivo promote ...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
The Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion (RT-QuIC) assay has a diagnostic sensitivity of more than 80% and a specificity ... Imaging findings are variable in their appearance, and also variable in sensitivity and specificity. While imaging plays a ... high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis". AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 26 (6): 1551-62. PMC 8149066. PMID ...
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Single-Question Screen
It has a sensitivity of 94% and a specificity of 87% in detecting RBD. The RBD1Q can be used to establish a diagnosis of REM ...
Statistical hypothesis testing
Because the result is positive, we can confidently say that the patient has the condition.") See sensitivity and specificity ... The complement of the false positive rate is termed specificity in biostatistics. ("This is a specific test. ...
Hip pain
... showing an overall sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 95%. MRI is superior to bone scans in terms of sensitivity (99%-100%) ... MRI has been shown to have 100% sensitivity and specificity in prospective studies of occult hip fractures. These fractures ... ADC ratio superior to 1.63 indicates bad prognosis with 89% sensitivity and 58% specificity. In adults, MRI is currently ... MR arthrography has demonstrated sensitivity over 90% and specificity close to 100% in detecting labral tears. Loose bodies are ...
MyBioSource
J Diabetes Complications 29, 83-87 Bak, Monica (April 2014). "Specificity and sensitivity of commercially available assays for ... Bak, Monica (April 2014). "Specificity and sensitivity of commercially available assays for glucagon and oxyntomodulin ... Specificity and sensitivity of commercially available assays for glucagon and oxyntomodulin measurement in humans. Eur J ... One peer-reviewed article that compared the specificity of several, commercially-available kits for glucagon and oxyntomodulin ...
Immunolabeling
Different indirect methods can be employed to achieve high degrees of specificity and sensitivity. First, two-step protocols ... Overall, antibodies must bind to the antigens with a high specificity and affinity. The specificity of the binding refers to an ... Hence, the specificity of the antibody is established by the specific reaction with the protein or peptide that is used for ... The lesser the specificity of the antibody, the greater the chance of visualizing something other than the target antigen. In ...
BerEp4
... has a high sensitivity and specificity in being positive only in BCC cells. BerEp4 is normally negative in squamous ...
Zootermopsis nevadensis
The olfactive receptors (ORs) confers most of the specificity and sensitivity of insect olfaction. These genes are pretty ...
Fatigue detection software
The software technology used in the device should be optimised for sensitivity and specificity. False negatives should be ...
COVID-19 testing
... there is usually a trade-off between sensitivity and specificity, such that higher sensitivities will mean lower specificities ... there is usually a trade-off between sensitivity and specificity, such that higher sensitivities will mean lower specificities ... For ID NOW, the average sensitivity was 73.0% with an average specificity of 99.7%; for Xpert Xpress the average sensitivity ... In a diagnostic test, sensitivity is a measure of how well a test can identify true positives and specificity is a measure of ...
Pediatric Symptom Checklist
A lower cut-off score of 22 had to be adopted to reach a similar level of sensitivity and specificity to the US version. The ... The mean PSC scores were low; a lower cut-off score of 15.5 was adopted to optimize sensitivity and specificity. A study of the ... The cut-off score was lowered to 14 to achieve optimal sensitivity and specificity. Studies have examined the use of the PSC ... The subscales were also intended to increase the sensitivity of the screen because only using a total score might miss children ...