Sonographic features include loss of the normal hypoechoic retro-placental myometrium zone, thinning or disruption of the hyperechoic uterine serosa-bladder interface, presence of focal exophytic masses and the presence of lacunae in the placenta (this is the most predictive sonographic sign showing a sensitivity of 79%% and a PPV of 92 %) [66, 67].
These data then could be analyzed to gain understanding of not only the sensitivity and specificity of Kanavel's signs, but also which sign or combination of signs is most predictive of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis.
Thus, there is no general accord regarding which Kanavel's cardinal sign is most predictive of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis.
The ANN currently employed in the prediction system uses 13 input variables identified as most predictive to determine the prediction score, including gestational age, several ventilator parameters, blood gas analysis results, and vital signs.
If used as the sole predictive sign of malignancy, microcalcification is the most reliable one with an accuracy of 76%, specificity of 93% and a positive predictive value of 70% [ 30].
All children should also be routinely checked for common signs and symptoms found to be most predictive of HIV infection [ 12].
The most predictive factors of outcome were adenopathy size and the presence of indirect signs at the puncture site.
We next examined nerve conduction velocities for combinations of symptoms and signs which the multiple regression analysis had indicated were most predictive of abnormality.
Finally, and perhaps most perversely, some of the most predictive variables are circular.
Silver found that the most predictive statistics, by a considerable margin, are a pitcher's strikeout rate and walk rate.
