Medical Dialogues

Dobutamine Stress Echo for Liver Transplant: High Specificity, Low Sensitivity for Pre-Transplant Cardiac Risk, June 2025, IHJ Study Finds

A recent cross-sectional study found that dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) provides high specificity (97.4%) for ...
TCTMD

Some Minor Differences Exist Between Two hs-Troponin Pathways for NSTEMI

Yet overall performance was good with both the ESC and High-STEACS strategies, leaving hospitals room to choose.

FirstGene Study Demonstrates High Analytical Sensitivity and Specificity for Each Component of the Test

Titled “Simultaneous prenatal cfDNA screening of aneuploidy, recessive single-gene conditions, and fetomaternal blood compatibility,” the study used nearly 500 samples to assess the multiple ...
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Improving the Sensitivity-Specificity Balance of Human Papillomavirus Testing on Self- and Clinician-Collected Samples in South Africa

Women living with and without HIV, age 30-65 years, were recruited in South Africa. Self-collected vaginal samples and clinician-collected cervical samples were tested with Xpert HPV, an assay that ...
European Medical Journal

AI Stethoscope Outperforms Doctors in Detecting Heart Disease

A multi-centre study shows an AI stethoscope analysis can detect valvular heart disease with high accuracy, enabling rapid, ...
Forbes

What Does It Mean To Say A Medical Test Is ‘Sensitive’ Or ‘Specific’?

Q: What do American radar operators in World War II have in common with modern day patients trying to decide if a whole body MRI scan is worth the money? A: Both have to be concerned if a blurry dot ...