Performance evaluation: diagnostic measures of POCUS and TA studies
| POCUS results | TA results | ||||
|
Sensitivity estimate
(lower, u pper) |
Specificity e
stimate
( l ower, u pper) |
Sensitivity estimate
( l ower, u pper) |
Specificity e
stimate
( l ower, u pper) | Sensitivity comparison | |
| Combined | 0.8901 (0.85, 0.92) | 0.9348 (0.89, 0.97) | 0.2465 (0.20, 0.30) | 0.9252 (0.87, 0.96) | p<0.001 |
| Cardiovascular | 0.9405 (0.89, 0.97) | 0.9403 (0.85, 0.98) | 0.2958 (0.22, 0.38) | 0.9250 (0.84, 0.97) | p<0.001 |
| Pulmonary | 0.8041 (0.71, 0.88) | 0.8824 (0.78, 0.95) | 0.1557 (0.10, 0.23) | 1.0000 (0.92, 1.00) | p<0.001 |
| Abdominal | 0.8824 (0.64, 0.99) | 1.0000 (0.93, 1.00) | 0.4167 (0.22, 0.63) | 0.7917 (0.58, 0.93) | p=0.004 |
POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound; TA, traditional assessment.