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. 2010 May-Jun;17(3):253–264. doi: 10.1136/jamia.2009.002295

Table 2b.

Response time and performance metrics, high complexity queries

Response time over three retrievals Performance metrics
# Complexity Query Number reports retrieved Mean time to first results (sec) SD Mean time to all results (sec) SD Number of Reports or Report Sets (complex) classified Agreement TP FP Precision
21 High Patients with sclerosing cholangitis on liver biopsy who have also had ulcerative colitis on another procedure 4 15.74 1.15 15.75 1.16 2 0.50 0 2 0.00
22 High Women diagnosed with LCIS who had a subsequent mastectomy within 1 year 1034 18.87 6.64 36.24 31.59 39 0.97 36 3 0.92
23 High Patients with dysplastic nevi who were diagnosed with melanoma after an interval of at least 1 year 148 29.13 23.98 29.14 23.97 33 0.88 25 8 0.76
24 High Patients with diagnosis GERD or Barrett's esophagus who later had esophagectomy showing adenocarcinoma 136 30.91 25.73 33.35 29.92 28 1.00 28 0 1.00
25 High Men with anaplastic astrocytoma who later developed glioblastoma multiforme 15 16.00 2.18 16.00 2.18 7 1.00 7 0 1.00
26 High Patients with both schwannomas and meningiomas 10 16.55 2.79 16.55 2.79 4 1.00 4 0 1.00
27 High Patients with tissue documented Berger's disease who later underwent kidney transplantation 6 16.21 2.04 16.21 2.04 3 0.33 1 2 0.33
28 High Patients with DFSP and a second procedure for local extension or recurrence within 3 months. 19 20.19 8.90 20.19 8.90 9 1.00 8 1 0.89
29 High Patients with colonic adenocarcinoma who also have had Invasive ductal carcinoma of breast 24 24.85 16.17 24.85 16.17 11 0.91 10 1 0.91
30 High Patients with renal carcinoma in kidney tissue who also have lung tissue with metastatic renal cell carcinoma 59 16.61 2.95 16.62 2.94 26 0.88 23 3 0.88
All high complexity queries 1455 20.50 5.74 22.49 7.88 162 0.93 142 20 0.88
All queries 7164 7.26 10.15 8.25 11.29 860 0.96 806 54 0.94

DFSP, dermatofibroma sarcoma protuberans; FP, False Positive; GERD, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; LCIS, Lobular Carcinoma in Situ; TP, True Positive.