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Table 3 Shows comparison of detection rates of haemothorax between eFAST and CXR in relation to tube thoracostomy findings

From: Efficacy of extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma using a portable handheld device for detecting hemothorax in a low resource setting; a multicenter longitudinal study

Modality

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

P value

X-ray

45.1

100.0

100.0

12.5

49.1

0.131

eFAST

96.1

100.0

100.0

66.7

96.4

 < 0.001

X-ray + eFAST

98.0

100.0

100.0

80.0

98.2

 < 0.001

  1. PPV, Positive predictive value, NPV, Negative predictive value, P value of chi squire test
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BMC Medical Imaging

ISSN: 1471-2342

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