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. 2014 Mar;15(2):221–226. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2013.9.16185

Table 3.

Clinical utility values for detecting a low ejection fraction by both emergency physicians (EP) compared to a cardiologist.

EP 1 EP 2
Value %95 CI lower limit %95 CI upper limit Value %95 CI lower limit %95 CI upper limit
Sensitivity (%) 98.7 91.8 99.9 98.7 91.8 99.9
Specificity (%) 86.2 74.1 93.4 87.9 76.1 94.6
Positive predictive value 0.902 0.812 0.954 0.914 0.825 0.962
Negative predictive value 0.980 0.882 0.999 0.981 0.884 0.999
Positive likelihood ratio 7.153 3.757 13.619 8.175 4.079 16.383
Negative likelihood ratio 0.015 0.002 0.109 0.015 0.002 0.107