Point of Care Ultrasound Accurately Distinguishes Inflammatory from Noninflammatory Disease in Patients Presenting with Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea

Table 4

Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of POCUS relative to endoscopy.

	Overall	Ileum	Colon
Sensitivity%; (CI%)	80.0; (44.4–97.5)	100.0; (47.8–100.0)	60.0; (914.7–94.7)
Specificity%; (CI%)	97.8; (88.5–99.9)	98.2; (90.45–99.9)	100.0; (93.3–100.0)
PPV%; (CI%)	88.9; (51.7–99.7)	83.3; (35.9–99.6)	100.0; (29.2–100.0)
NPV%; (CI%)	95.7; (85.5–99.5)	100.0; (93.5–100.0)	96.36; (87.5–99.6)
Positive LR; (CI%)	36.8; (5.2–262.1)	56.0; (8.0–390.6)	—; (—)
Negative LR; (CI%)	0.20; (0.06–0.71)	—; (—)	0.40; (0.14–1.17)