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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Sep;40(9):2590–2594. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258ff19

Table 4.

Predictive Values of Surrogate Decision Making with 95% Confidence Intervals

Positive Predictive Value of Surrogate Negative Predictive Value of Surrogate
1. Collection of medical information 96% (91–100%) 100%
2: Collection of urine 80% (70–90%) 0%
3: Collection of blood 76% (65–87%) 29% (18–40%)
4: CAT scan 72% (61–83%) 65% (54–76%)
5: Muscle biopsy 45% (33–57%) 65% (54–76%)
6:Bronchoalveolar lavage with intubated 61% (50–72%) 64% (53–75%
7. Clinical trial 50% (38–62%) 56% (44–68%)