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. 2015 Jun 14;10:89. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0278-1

Table 2.

Accuracy of the automated AE detection algorithms

Accuracy measures VTE [39] Pneumonia [40] In-hospital fall [41]
DVT PE
Coefficient (95%CI) Coefficient (95%CI) Coefficient (95%CI) Coefficient (95%CI)
Sensitivity (%) 80 (76–85) 79 (73–85) 83 (80–86) 83 (81–85)
Specificity (%) 98 (97–99) 99 (98–99) 98 (97–99) 100 (100–100)
PPV (%) 89 (85–93) 84 (75–92) 89 (84–93) 100 (100–100)
NPV (%) 96 (93–99) 98 (98–99) 97 (96–97) 99 (98–99)

DVT deep vein thrombosis, NPV negative predictive value, PE pulmonary embolism, PPV positive predictive values, VTE venous thromboembolism