Table 3.
Accuracy of individual studies: chest ultrasound in characterization of pneumothorax in neonates.
| Study | Year | Participants | TP | FP | FN | TN | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | Low | Up | 95% | Low | Up | |||||||
| Ianniello | 2013 | 736 | 67 | 1 | 20 | 667 | 77 | 0.668 | 0.854 | 0.999 | 0.992 | 100 |
| Abbasi | 2013 | 153 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 865 | 0.712 | 0.955 | 100 | 00.967 | 100 |
| Jalli | 2013 | 197 | 74 | 11 | 18 | 94 | 804 | 0.709 | .880 | 0.895 | 0.820 | 0.947 |
| Balesa | 2015 | 126 | 89 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 89 | 0.812 | 0.944 | 0.885 | 0.698 | 0.976 |
| Pooled | 1212 | 262 | 15 | 54 | 893 | 0.829 | 0.783 | 0.869 | 0.982 | 0.970 | 0.990 | |
TP, true positive; FP, false positive; FN, false negative; TN, true negative; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.