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. 2020 May 7;13:19. doi: 10.1186/s13047-020-00387-y

Table 3.

Clinically relevant fractures seen on radiography compared to point-of-care bedside ultrasound and sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the sonographers and expert in significant fractures

Sonographer Expert
Fracture No Fracture Fracture No Fracture
Fracture Xray 28 (80%) 7 (20%) 29 (83%) 6 (17%)
No fracture Xray 12 (10%) 111 (90%) 1 (1%) 122 (99%)
Sensitivity 80.0% (95% CI 63.0–91.6%) 82.8% (95% CI 66.3–93.4%)
Specificity 90.3% (95% CI 83.7–94.9%) 99.2% (95% CI 95.5–99.9%)
PPV 70.0% (95% CI 57.0–80.3%) 96.7% (95% CI 80.3–99.5%)
NPV 94.1% (95% CI 89.1–96.9%) 95.3% (95% CI 91.0–98.2%)