Table 2.

Test characteristics of specific findings compared to LUS in all patients

	Abnormal, N	Total, N	Diagnostic performance in % (98.5% confidence intervals)
			Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	Diagnostic accuracy
Crepitations	130	917	66 (55–76)	71 (67–75)	28 (22–34)	93 (90–95)	72 (69–74)
Rhonchi	209	913	47 (39–56)	69 (65–74)	31 (25–38)	82 (77–85)	64 (61–67)
Auscultation	302	926	52 (45–59)	74 (70–79)	49 (42–56)	76 (72–80)	67 (64–70)

Abnormal auscultation was defined as the presence of crepitations and/or rhonchi at any of the sites