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. 2014 Apr 17;40:37. doi: 10.1186/1824-7288-40-37

Table 1.

Sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of lung ultrasonography (US) vs chest radiography (CR) in diagnosing community- acquired pneumonia

 
Lung US
Se (%)
Sp (%)
PPV (%)
NPV (%)
CR Negative Positive (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
Negative
52
3
97.9
94.5
94.0
98.1
Positive 1 47 (88.9-99.9) (84.9-98.9) (83.5-98.7) (89.9-100)

CI confidence interval.