Research Article

Evaluation of the Utility of Thromboelastography in a Tertiary Trauma Care Centre

Table 3

Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of thromboelastography in comparison to the convention coagulation assay (PT/aPTT).

CharacteristicsLaboratory reference range
% (95% CI)
Manufacturers range
% (95% CI)
TEG using coagulation index
% (95% CI)

Sensitivity (%) TP/(TP + FN)29.4 (18.7–43)74.5 (61.1–84.4)45.0 (32.2–58.6)
Specificity (%) TN/(TN + FP)84.8 (76.5–90.6)32.3 (23.9–42.0)42.4 (33.1–52.2)
Positive predictive value (%) TP/(TP + FP)50.0 (33.1–66.8)25.3 (27.6–45.7)28.7 (19.9–39.4)
Negative predictive value (%) TN/(FN + TN)70.0 (61.2–77.4)71.1 (56.6–82.2)60.0 (48.2–70.6)
Diagnostic accuracy (%) (TN + TP)/(TN + TP + FN + FP)66.0 (58.1–73.1)46.6 (38.8–54.6)43.3 (35.6–51.3)