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Table 1 Performance of oblique chest radiography compared with lung ultrasonography in 158 patients with trauma

From: Diagnostic accuracy of oblique chest radiograph for occult pneumothorax: comparison with ultrasonography

Parameter

Oblique x-ray

Lung US

Sensitivity (%)

61.4

62.9

(0.56–0.64)

(0.57–0.66)

Specificity (%)

99.2

98.8

(0.98–1.00)

(0.97–1.00)

Positive predictive value (%)

95.6

93.6

(0.86–0.99)

(0.84–0.98)

Negative predictive value (%)

90.1

90.4

(0.87–0.91)

(0.89–0.91)

Accuracy (%)

90.9

90.9

(0.88–0.92)

(0.88–0.92)