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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Nurs. 2017 Mar 28;43(4):333–338. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2016.11.001

Table 3.

Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value, Negative Predictive Value, False Positive Probability, False Negative Probability, and 95% CI for Signs/Symptoms that Mapped to CHEMM–IST

Variables Sensitivity Specificity Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value False Positive Probability False Negative Probability
Se 95%CI Sp 95%CI PPV 95%CI NPV 95%CI FPP 95 %CI FNP 95 %CI

Burning Throat/Nose .97 .90–1.0 .29 .21–.37 .24 .16–.32 .97 .92–1.0 .71 .63–.79 .03 .0–.10

Wheezing .92 .84–.98 .33 .24–.42 .42 .34–.51 .88 .78–.98 .67 .59–.76 .08 .01–.16

Wet Lungs/Rales .95 .86–1.0 .30 .22–.38 .18 .11–.25 .97 .92–1.0 .70 .62–.78 .05 .0–14

Eye Irritation .94 .87–1.0 .32 .24–.41 .37 .28–.45 .93 .84–1.0 .68 .59–.76 .06 .0–1.3