 Sensitivity and Specificity
"Sensitivity and Specificity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
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D012680
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E05.318.740.872 E05.318.780.800 G17.800 N05.715.360.750.725 N05.715.360.780.700 N06.850.520.445.800 N06.850.520.830.872
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| 1995 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 1996 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 1997 | 1 | 27 | 28 | | 1998 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 1999 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2000 | 0 | 31 | 31 | | 2001 | 0 | 23 | 23 | | 2002 | 0 | 39 | 39 | | 2003 | 0 | 40 | 40 | | 2004 | 0 | 56 | 56 | | 2005 | 0 | 63 | 63 | | 2006 | 0 | 52 | 52 | | 2007 | 0 | 66 | 66 | | 2008 | 0 | 93 | 93 | | 2009 | 0 | 87 | 87 | | 2010 | 0 | 54 | 54 | | 2011 | 0 | 68 | 68 | | 2012 | 0 | 56 | 56 | | 2013 | 0 | 93 | 93 | | 2014 | 0 | 70 | 70 | | 2015 | 0 | 73 | 73 | | 2016 | 0 | 79 | 79 | | 2017 | 0 | 58 | 58 | | 2018 | 0 | 57 | 57 | | 2019 | 0 | 47 | 47 | | 2020 | 0 | 32 | 32 | | 2021 | 0 | 51 | 51 | | 2022 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2023 | 0 | 21 | 21 | | 2024 | 5 | 23 | 28 | | 2025 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Kowalski RG, Ledreux A, Violette JE, Paustian W, Sillau S, Thompson JA, Neumann RT, Ornelas D, Monte AA, Dylla L, Ginde AA, Farcas AM, Coughlan CM, Jones WJ, Grotta JC, Graner MW. Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels and Timing of Acute Ischemic Stroke Onset. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2025 Sep; 12(9):1926-1931.
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Ho EC, Butler M, Olson KE, Simmons D, Beveridge C, Miller K, Birkholz M, Jung SA, Dominguez SR. Validation of pleural fluid group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus PCR assays and their potential clinical impact in children with complicated pneumonia. J Microbiol Methods. 2025 Sep; 236:107192.
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Freeman LM, Mecum A, Cripps MW, Lennarson PJ. The modified Brain Injury Guidelines: safe, sensitive, but not yet specific. J Neurosurg. 2025 Oct 01; 143(4):999-1008.
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Thao P, Carpenter KP, Howick AS, Mullan AF, Boie MA, Maia IW, Palmer AK, Southerland LT, Goldberg EM, Jeffery MM, Bellolio F. Validation of a chart review method for identifying delirium in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Oct; 96:62-68.
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Nguyen HN, El-Ali AM, Van Tassel D, Le Cacheux C, Sher AC, Amirabadi A, Sammer MBK, Huang X, Riemann M, Wong K, Tutman J, Schiess DM, Navarro OM, Silva CT. Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound for Diagnosing Midgut Malrotation and Volvulus in Children: A Multiinstitutional Retrospective Review. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 Sep; 225(3):e2532660.
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Miller JH, Lefkowitz D, Maulsby G, Mechtler L, Pinter N, Snyder T, Hayes L, Carpenter J, Koral K, Cornejo P, Levendovszky SR, Warntjes JBM, Johansson P, Lange E. Neuroimaging Reader Study on Clinical Sensitivity and Specificity Using Synthetic MRI Based on MR Quantification. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jun 03; 46(6):1196-1202.
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Paiz-Reyes C, Arias K, Del Cid-Villatoro J, Vásquez D, Gomez M, Rojop N, Mejia W, Lamb MM, Chu M, Calvimontes Barrientos DM, Asturias EJ, Olson D. Comparison between Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Rapid Detection of Respiratory Viruses Using the Roche Cobas® Liat® Polymerase Chain Reaction System in Rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Aug 06; 113(2):334-337.
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Pisani Petrucci SL, Andonov N, Lennarson P, Birlea M, O'Brien C, Wilhour D, Anderson A, Bennett JL, Callen AL. Assessing the Diagnostic Value of Brain White Matter Hyperintensities and Clinical Symptoms in Predicting the Detection of CSF-Venous Fistula in Patients with Suspected Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 May 02; 46(5):1036-1043.
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Dadelahi A, Walker BS, Banerjee D, Mahler M, Saadalla A, Nandakumar V. Is the 99th Percentile Cutoff Still Relevant? A Single-Center Assessment of Different Thresholds for Diagnosing Antiphospholipid Syndrome. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 May 02; 10(3):605-618.
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Levy E, Claar D, Co I, Fuchs BD, Ginestra J, Kohn R, McSparron JI, Patel B, Weissman GE, Kerlin MP, Sjoding MW. Development and External Validation of a Detection Model to Retrospectively Identify Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med. 2025 Jun 01; 53(6):e1224-e1234.
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