Part 2: Positive and negative predictive values of diagnostic tests
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015),
1 August 2015
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Page 87-88
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v3i3.274
Abstract
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n volume 3, number 2, pages 48-49, we explained some screening characteristics of a diagnostic test in an educational manuscript entitled “Simple definition and calculation of accuracy, sensitivity and specificity" (1). The present article was aimed to review other screening performance characteristics including positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV). PPV and NPV are true positive and true negative results of a diagnostic test, respectively (2). In other words, if a subject receives a certain diagnosis by a test, predictive values describe how likely it is for the diagnosis to be correct
- Positive predictive value
- negative predictive value
- diagnostic test
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