Clinical Study
Lung Ultrasound Is Accurate for the Diagnosis of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Prospective Study
Table 4
Diagnostic value of LUS, CXR, and moist rales to HAPE.
| | LUS (95% CI) | CXR (95% CI) | Moist rales (95% CI) |
| Sensitivity | 0.98 (1.01–0.96) | 0.93 (0.97–0.88) | 0.81 (0.88–0.74) | Specificity | 0.91 (1.03–0.79) | 0.95 (1.04–0.87) | 0.86 (1.01–0.72) | Positive predictive values | 0.98 (1.01–0.96) | 0.99 (1.01–0.98) | 0.97 (1.00–0.94) | Negative predictive values | 0.91 (1.03–0.79) | 0.70 (0.86–0.54) | 0.44 (0.59–0.29) | Positive likelihood ratio | 10.83 (64.07–4.56) | 20.43 (110.45–2.40) | 5.94 (14.29–1.73) | Negative likelihood ratio | 0.0175 (0.0993–0.0063) | 0.0748 (0.1414–0.0396) | 0.2206 (0.2638–0.1194) |
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