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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2022 Nov 8;40(7):704–710. doi: 10.1055/a-1974-4449

Table 3.

Positive predictive value of different screening approaches to identify severe maternal morbidity in twin gestations

Screening approach Screen positives identified (n) Gold standard definition Positive predictive value (%) True positive cases missed with screening approach
True positives False positives
CDC, ICU, or LOS 165 56 109 34 0
CDC 149 48 101 32 8
CDC minus blood transfusion 44 39 5 87 17

Abbreviations: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.